CVE-2025-25193
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileDEEUJPNLRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-24
Netty, an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework, has a vulnerability in versions up to and including 4.1.118.Final. An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attempts to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crash. A similar issue was previously reported as CVE-2024-47535. This issue was fixed, but the fix was incomplete in that null-bytes were not counted against the input limit. Commit d1fbda62d3a47835d3fb35db8bd42ecc205a5386 contains an updated fix.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.1–7.5
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affected products (109)
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- IBM WebSphere Application Server libertyall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:websphere_application_server:liberty
advisories (8)
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- NCSC-2025-0123Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Database ProductenNL2025-04-16csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Oracle heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in diverse Oracle Database Producten en subsystemen, zoals Oracle Server, NoSQL, TimesTen, Secure Backup en Essbase.
- NCSC-2025-0335Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle AnalyticsNL2025-10-23csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Oracle heeft meerdere kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Analytics producten.
- NCSC-2026-0022Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Communications productenNL2026-01-21csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Oracle heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Communications producten.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-0638IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-03-25csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-0938IBM DB2: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-05-05csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM DB2 ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-0153Oracle Communications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-01-20csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Communications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
- GHSA-389x-839f-4rhxDenial of Service attack on windows app using Netty2025-02-10ghsa · osvUS
### Summary An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attemps to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crash. ### Details A similar issue was previously reported in https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-xq3w-v528-46rv This issue was fixed, but the fix was incomplete in that null-bytes were not counted against the input limit. ### PoC The PoC is the same as for https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-xq3w-v528-46rv with the detail that the file should only contain null-bytes; 0x00. When the null-bytes are encountered by the `InputStreamReader`, it will issue replacement characters in its charset decoding, which will fill up the line-buffer in the `BufferedReader.readLine()`, because the replacement character is not a line-break character. ### Impact Impact is the same as https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-xq3w-v528-46rv
- JVNDB-2026-020740JVN iPedia advisory JVNDB-2026-0207402026-06-25vendor · jvndbJP
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references (10)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-25193cnnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-389x-839f-4rhxPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25193cnnvd
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2026.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2025.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/d1fbda62d3a47835d3fb35db8bd42ecc205a5386enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-389x-839f-4rhxenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/d1fbda62d3a47835d3fb35db8bd42ecc205a5386PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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