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Netty: SCTP reassembly nests buffers without bound

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-46340

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Netty is a network application framework for development of protocol servers and clients. In versions of netty-transport-sctp prior to 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final, for each non-complete SctpMessage fragment the handler does `fragments.put(streamId, Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(frag, byteBuf))`, wrapping the previous accumulator and the new slice into a *new* CompositeByteBuf every time. After N fragments the accumulator is an N-deep chain of composites, each holding references and component arrays; readableBytes()/getBytes() on the final buffer recurse N levels. There is no limit on N, on total bytes, or on the number of streamIdentifiers an attacker can open (each gets its own map entry). A peer that never sets the `complete` flag can grow this structure indefinitely from tiny 1-byte DATA chunks. Versions 4.1.135.Final and 4.2.15.Final patch the issue.

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cve-program · CVE-2026-46340

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netty

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{
                    "vendor": "netty",
                    "product": "netty",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": ">= 4.2.0.Final, < 4.2.15.Final",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "< 4.1.135.Final",
                            "status": "affected"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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