CVE-2023-33297

Published May 22, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: Bitcoin Core before 24.1, when debug mode is not used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (e.g., CPU consumption) because draining the inventory-to-send queue is inefficient, as exploited in the wild in May 2023.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-400

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "DD299C72-AD8C-479D-9606-2CE3FEA945FB",
            "versionEndExcluding": "24.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References