7.5

CVE-2020-26242: ethereum go_ethereum

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83mGO-2021-0103
Published 25-11-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-26242 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ethereum go_ethereum. EPSS estimates a 1.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-11-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.18, there is a Denial-of-service (crash) during block processing. This is fixed in 1.9.18.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.48% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ethereum2 products
Github.com/ethereum1 product
  • go-ethereum≥ 1.9.16, < 1.9.18
Github.com/holiman1 product
  • uint256≥ 0.1.0, < 1.1.1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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