CVE-2021-37137

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.

Published: 2021-10-19 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-37137 is rated High Risk (66.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.28%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.90% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-37137

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.38% 6.28% +3.90%
2 2026-03-04 0.71% 2.38% +1.67%
3 2026-03-01 0.71%

Full EPSS history (37 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-37137

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-37137

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2021-37137

GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — SnappyFrameDecoder doesn't restrict chunk length any may buffer skippable chunks in an unnecessary way

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-37137

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-37137 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netty), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-37137
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37137
suse high CVE-2021-37137 severity important: SUSE including 243 source package names (5.0.0-beta1.2.122:netty-4.1.75-150200.4.6.2, 5.1.0.6.40:netty-4.1.75-150200.4.6.2, …), 276 product×package rows across 42 product lines (Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server, Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server, … (42 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 31, Known Not Affected 14. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-37137/
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-37137 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (netty), 15 status rows across 15 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 10, ignored 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-37137

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-37137

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netty netty < 4.1.68 cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_apis >= 18.1, <= 18.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_apis 19.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_apis 19.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_apis 20.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_apis 21.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_apis:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_digital_experience 18.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_digital_experience 18.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_digital_experience 18.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_digital_experience 19.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_digital_experience 19.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_digital_experience 20.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle banking_digital_experience 21.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:banking_digital_experience:21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle commerce_guided_search 11.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:commerce_guided_search:11.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications_brm_-_elastic_charging_engine < 12.0.0.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_brm_-_elastic_charging_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications_brm_-_elastic_charging_engine 12.0.0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_brm_-_elastic_charging_engine:12.0.0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function 1.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_cloud_native_core_binding_support_function:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle communications_diameter_signaling_router >= 8.0.0.0, <= 8.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:communications_diameter_signaling_router:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools 8.57 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools 8.58 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools 8.59 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools:8.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle webcenter_portal 12.2.1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_portal:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle webcenter_portal 12.2.1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:webcenter_portal:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
quarkus quarkus < 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:quarkus:quarkus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-37137

URL Tags
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06a145c9bd41a7344da242cef07977b24abe3349161ede948e30913d%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5406eaf3b07577d233b9f07cfc8f26e28369e6bab5edfcab41f28abb%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e05eba32476c580412f9fbdfc9b8782d5b40558018ac4ac07192a04%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75490c61c2cb7b6ae2c81238fd52ae13636c60435abcd732d41531a0%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd262f59b1586a108e320e5c966feeafbb1b8cdc96965debc7cc10b16%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb2bf8597e53364ccab212fbcbb2a4e9f0a9e1429b1dc08023c6868e%40%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00008.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0012/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5316 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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