CVE-2023-33297

Published: May 22, 2023Modified: Jan 28, 2025

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

Bitcoin Core before 24.1, when debug mode is not used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (e.g., CPU consumption) because draining the inventory-to-send queue is inefficient, as exploited in the wild in May 2023.

Affected (1)

Products: Bitcoin: Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin

1 product

Bitcoin Core

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Bitcoin Bitcoin Core	Before 24.1

Related CWEs

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (20)

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures

Source: cve@mitre.org

Not Applicable

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-24.1.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27586

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27623

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27610

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/issues/3243#issuecomment-1712575544

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/visualbasic6/drain

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2EI7SAP4QP2AJYK2JVEOO4GJ6DOBSM5/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H3CQY277NWXY3RFCZCJ4VKT2P3ROACEJ/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://x.com/123456/status/1711601593399828530

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures