CVE-2021-37137

HIGH7.5EPSS 2.4%

SnappyFrameDecoder doesn't restrict chunk length any may buffer skippable chunks in an unnecessary way

Published: 9/9/2021Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

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.

Affected packages (4)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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