Vulnerability · Published Oct 20, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-42765
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to leverage network delay to cause a denial of service (indefinite stalling of consensus decisions).
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.10086 x_refsource_MISC