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CVE-2021-42766

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
20/10/2021
Last modified:
26/10/2021

Description

The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (long-range consensus chain reorganizations), even when this adversary has little stake and cannot influence network message propagation. This can cause a protocol stall, or an increase in the profits of individual validators.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.10 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.10
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:proof-of-stake_ethereum_project:proof-of-stake_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2021-10-19 (including)

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