CVE-2022-23327

Public Exploit

Description

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 denial of service (DoS).

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.51%

Third-Party Advisory acm.org Third-Party Advisory github.io

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://ethereum.com	not applicable broken link
http://go-ethereum.com	broken link
https://tristartom.github.io/docs/ccs21.pdf	mitigation exploit third party advisory technical description
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3460120.3485369	mitigation exploit third party advisory technical description

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-23327?: CVE-2022-23327 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-23327?: To fix CVE-2022-23327, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2022-23327 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2022-23327 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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