Vulnerability · Published Jan 30, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-24883go-ethereum has a DoS via malicious p2p message

High 8.7

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)8.7High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node can be forced to shutdown/crash using a specially crafted message. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.14.13.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/ethereum/go-ethereum1.14.13GHSA-q26p-9cq4-7fc2
Gogithub.com/ethereum/go-ethereum1.14.13GO-2025-3436

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
ethereum go-ethereum >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.13

Weakness: CWE-248 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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