CVE-2024-32972

Published: May 6, 2024Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Description

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to 1.13.15, a vulnerable node can be made to consume very large amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix has been included in geth version `1.13.15` and onwards.

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 (4)

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/compare/v1.13.14...v1.13.15

Source: security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652

Source: security-advisories@github.com

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/compare/v1.13.14...v1.13.15

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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