Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2024-32972go-ethereum denial of service via malicious p2p message
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in go-ethereum from ethereum. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 58% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum | 1.13.15 | GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652 |
| Go | github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum | 1.13.15 | GO-2024-2819 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ethereum | go-ethereum | < 1.13.15 |
Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/compare/v1.13.14...v1.13.15 x_refsource_MISC