CVE-2020-26242

Go Ethereum, or "Geth", is the official Golang implementation of the Ethereum protocol. In Geth before version 1.9.18, there is a Denial-of-service (crash) during block processing. This is fixed in 1.9.18.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m	Third Party Advisory
https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 05:19

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~5.0~~ v3 : ~~7.5~~	v2 : 5.0 v3 : 6.5
References	~~() https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/ - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://blog.ethereum.org/2020/11/12/geth_security_release/ - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5c-rv3w-w83m - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2020-11-25 02:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 05:19

NVD link : CVE-2020-26242

Mitre link : CVE-2020-26242

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-26242

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ethereum

go_ethereum

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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