CVE-2020-26242 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-26242: Denial of service in geth

Vendor Ethereum
Product go-ethereum
Published November 25, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 25, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated