CVE-2022-23328 — HIGH (7.5)

Vulnerability Description

A design flaw in all versions of Go-Ethereum allows an attacker node to send 5120 pending transactions of a high gas price from one account that all fully spend the full balance of the account to a victim Geth node, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim node's memory pool and then occupy the memory pool to prevent new transactions from entering the pool, resulting in a denial of service (DoS).

CVSS Score

7.5

HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ethereum	Go Ethereum	-

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

References

http://ethereum.comProduct
http://go-ethereum.comProduct
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3460120.3485369ExploitMitigationTechnical Description
https://tristartom.github.io/docs/ccs21.pdfExploitMitigationTechnical Description
http://ethereum.comProduct
http://go-ethereum.comProduct
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3460120.3485369ExploitMitigationTechnical Description
https://tristartom.github.io/docs/ccs21.pdfExploitMitigationTechnical Description

FAQ

What is CVE-2022-23328?

CVE-2022-23328 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). A design flaw in all versions of Go-Ethereum allows an attacker node to send 5120 pending transactions of a high gas price from one account that all fully spend the full balance of the account to a vi...

How severe is CVE-2022-23328?

CVE-2022-23328 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2022-23328?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Ethereum Go Ethereum.