The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well. This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk.
CVE-2021-37137
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 2.4%, top 15% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 92.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
October 19, 2021
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (26)
- reefs@jfroghttps://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363
- reefs@jfroghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06a145c9bd41a7344da242cef07977b24abe3349161ede948e30913d%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- reefs@jfroghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5406eaf3b07577d233b9f07cfc8f26e28369e6bab5edfcab41f28abb%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- reefs@jfroghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e05eba32476c580412f9fbdfc9b8782d5b40558018ac4ac07192a04%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- reefs@jfroghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75490c61c2cb7b6ae2c81238fd52ae13636c60435abcd732d41531a0%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- reefs@jfroghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd262f59b1586a108e320e5c966feeafbb1b8cdc96965debc7cc10b16%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- reefs@jfroghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb2bf8597e53364ccab212fbcbb2a4e9f0a9e1429b1dc08023c6868e%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
- reefs@jfroghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00008.html
- reefs@jfroghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0012/
- reefs@jfroghttps://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5316
- reefs@jfroghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- reefs@jfroghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- reefs@jfroghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06a145c9bd41a7344da242cef07977b24abe3349161ede948e30913d%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-37137(14)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:9582Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.11 on RHEL 7 security update
- RHSA-2025:9583Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.3.14 Security update
- RHSA-2023:5165Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.5.0 release and security update
- RHSA-2022:6835Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Service Registry (container images) release and security update [2.3.0.GA]
- RHSA-2022:4919Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.5 security update on RHEL 8
- RHSA-2022:4918Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.5 security update on RHEL 7
- RHSA-2022:4922Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.5 security update
- RHSA-2022:2217Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift Logging Security and Bug update Release 5.3.7
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Patch Availability(17)
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(3 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| io.netty:netty | 3.10.0.Final ... 4.0.0.Alpha8 (71 versions) | — | — |
| io.netty:netty-codec | 4.0.0.Final ... 4.1.9.Final (141 versions) | 4.1.68.Final | — |
| org.jboss.netty:netty | 3.0.0.CR1 ... 3.2.9.Final (39 versions) | — | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(10)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2021:3959MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2021:3959 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2021:4851MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2021:4851 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:0138MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2022:0138 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:0520MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2022:0520 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:0589MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2022:0589 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:1013MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2022:1013 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:5903MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2022:5903 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2022:8506MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2022:8506 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2023:3223MODERATE2021-09-09
RHSA-2023:3223 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6049-1MEDIUM
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Data Freshness Timeline
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