CVE-2022-23327 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Ethereum Go-ethereum

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Github.com Ethereum Go-ethereumEthereum GO Ethereum
Timeline
PublishedMar 4
Latest updateMar 5

Description

A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1.10.12 and older versions allows an attacker node to send 5120 future transactions with a high gas price in one message, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim node's memory pool, causing a denial of service (DoS).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
Denial of Service in Go-Ethereum↗2022-03-05
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OSV
Denial of Service in Go-Ethereum↗2022-03-05
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CVEList
CVE-2022-23327: A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1↗2022-03-04
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