7.5

CVE-2023-40591: ethereum go_ethereum Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-ppjg-v974-84cmGO-2023-2046
Published 06-09-2023Last modified 26-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-40591 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in ethereum go_ethereum. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.12%
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. 06-09-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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-unstable` and onwards. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

66%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.12% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.12%

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

Affected systems

Ethereum2 products
Github.com/ethereum1 product
  • go-ethereum< 1.12.1-stable | < 1.12.1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links