CVE-2021-42219

high

Description

Go-Ethereum v1.10.9 was discovered to contain an issue which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via sending an excessive amount of messages to a node. This is caused by missing memory in the component /ethash/algorithm.go.

References

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dYFSpNZPC0OV-n1mMqdc269u9yYU1XQy/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112110745137218798745&rtpof=true&sd=true

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-03-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00075

Detections

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