CVE-2022-24916

Public Exploit

Description

Optimism before @eth-optimism/l2geth@0.5.11 allows economic griefing because a balance is duplicated upon contract self-destruction.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.40%

Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory github.com Third-Party Advisory ycombinator.com Third-Party Advisory medium.com Third-Party Advisory saurik.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/compare/%40eth-optimism%2Fl2geth%400.5.10...%40eth-optimism%2Fl2geth%400.5.11	third party advisory patch
https://www.saurik.com/optimism.html	third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/ethereum-optimism/optimism/pull/2146	third party advisory patch
https://optimismpbc.medium.com/disclosure-fixing-a-critical-bug-in-optimisms-geth-fork-a836ebdf7c94	third party advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30289240	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-24916?: CVE-2022-24916 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-24916?: To fix CVE-2022-24916, 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-2022-24916 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2022-24916 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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