Vulnerability in Ethereum Go_ethereum

CVE-2022-23327

A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1.10.12 and older versions allows an attacker node to send 5120 future transactions with a high gas price in one message, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim node's memory pool, causing a de…

EPSS: 0.018 (76.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)
  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-23327?
CVE-2022-23327 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ethereum Go_ethereum. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-23327?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-23327 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.