#VU103769 Resource exhaustion in Netty - CVE-2025-25193
Published: February 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU103769
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-25193
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Netty
Netty
Software vendor:
Netty project
Netty project
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application attempts to load a file that does not exist. A local user can create a large file on the system and crash the application.
Note, the vulnerability affects Windows installations only.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.