Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-33297
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 1.4% (higher than 73% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.4%top 27.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 products (as reported)
References
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27586
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27623
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-24.1.md
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27610
- FEDORA-2023-1bae6b7751 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2023-3317c9b824 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/visualbasic6/drain
- https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/issues/3243#issuecomment-1712575544
- https://x.com/123456/status/1711601593399828530