CVE-2024-32972 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to 1.13.15, a vulnerable node can be made to consume very large amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix has been included in geth version `1.13.15` and onwards.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ethereum	Go Ethereum

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Vendors	Products
Ethereum	Go Ethereum

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-1428	go-ethereum (geth) is a golang execution layer implementation of the Ethereum protocol. Prior to 1.13.15, a vulnerable node can be made to consume very large amounts of memory when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. The fix has been included in geth version `1.13.15` and onwards.
Github GHSA	GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652	go-ethereum vulnerable to DoS via malicious p2p message

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/compare/v1.13.14...v1.13.15
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-4xc9-8hmq-j652

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-05-06T14:26:19.510Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:27:53.323Z

Reserved: 2024-04-22T15:14:59.165Z

Link: CVE-2024-32972

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T02:27:53.323Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-05-06T15:15:23.130

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:16:08.450

Link: CVE-2024-32972

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T22:09:30Z

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