CVE-2023-40591

2023-09-0619:15:44

CWE-400

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cve-2023-40591

go-ethereum

geth

vulnerability

memory consumption

update

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

21.0%

JSON

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. A vulnerable node, can be made to consume unbounded amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix is included in geth version 1.12.1-stable, i.e, 1.12.2-unstable and onwards. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

ethereumgo_ethereumRange<1.12.1-stable

VendorProductVersionCPE
ethereumgo_ethereum*cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
ethereum	go_ethereum	*	cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "ethereum",
    "product": "go-ethereum",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 1.12.1-stable",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]