CVE-2022-23327
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2022-23327 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2022-03-04 12:15:07 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-07-09 01:17:14 UTC |
| Description | A design flaw in Go-Ethereum 1.10.12 and older versions allows an attacker node to send 5120 future transactions with a high gas price in one message, which can purge all of pending transactions in a victim node's memory pool, causing a denial of service (DoS). |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.013400000 probability, percentile 0.679910000 (date 2026-07-12)
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Primary | 7.5 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Ethereum | Go Ethereum | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| tristartom.github.io/docs/ccs21.pdf | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | tristartom.github.io | Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory |
| DETER: Denial of Ethereum Txpool sERvices | Proceedings of the 2021 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | dl.acm.org | Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory |
| ethereum.com | MITRE | ethereum.com | |
| go-ethereum.com - This website is for sale! - go ethereum Resources and Information. | MITRE | go-ethereum.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.