Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting netty package, versions <1:4.1.48-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.44% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-NETTY-18016370
  • published19 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Apr 2020

Introduced: 7 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-11612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest netty to version 1:4.1.48-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netty package and not the netty package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

The ZlibDecoders in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 allow for unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. An attacker could send a large ZlibEncoded byte stream to the Netty server, forcing the server to allocate all of its free memory to a single decoder.

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CVSS Base Scores

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