CVE-2023-40591
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40591
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40591.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-40591
- Aliases
- Published
- 2023-09-06T18:07:20.899Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-15T01:49:17.764552280Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Denial of service via malicious p2p message in go-ethereum
- Details
-
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-unstableand onwards. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. - Database specific
{ "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40591.json", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-400" ], "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M" }- References
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- https://geth.ethereum.org/docs/developers/geth-developer/disclosures
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.12.1
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40591.json
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-ppjg-v974-84cm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40591
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
- Events
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "source": [ "AFFECTED_FIELD", "CPE_RANGE", "REFERENCES" ], "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "1.12.1-stable" }, { "introduced": "1.10.0" }, { "fixed": "1.12.1" } ] }