Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. This is a Consensus vulnerability in Geth before version 1.9.17 which can be used to cause a chain-split where vulnerable nodes reject the canonical chain. Geth's pre-compiled dataCopy (at 0x00...04) contract did a shallow copy on invocation. An attacker could deploy a contract that writes X to an EVM memory region R, then calls 0x00..04 with R as an argument, then overwrites R to Y, and finally invokes the RETURNDATACOPY opcode. When this contract is invoked, a consensus-compliant node would push X on the EVM stack, whereas Geth would push Y. This is fixed in version 1.9.17.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
|---|---|
| https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/ | Vendor Advisory | 
| https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-69v6-xc2j-r2jf | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/ | Vendor Advisory | 
| https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-69v6-xc2j-r2jf | Third Party Advisory | 
Configurations
                    History
                    21 Nov 2024, 05:19
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : 5.5 v3 : 6.5 | 
| References | () https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/ - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-69v6-xc2j-r2jf - Third Party Advisory | 
Information
                Published : 2020-11-25 02:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 05:19
NVD link : CVE-2020-26241
Mitre link : CVE-2020-26241
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-26241
JSON object : View
Products Affected
                ethereum
- go_ethereum
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-682
                        
            Incorrect Calculation
