CVE-2023-33297 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Bitcoin Core before 24.1, when debug mode is not used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (e.g., CPU consumption) because draining the inventory-to-send queue is inefficient, as exploited in the wild in May 2023.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Bitcoin	Bitcoin Core

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-24.1.md
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27586
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/27623
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27610
https://github.com/dogecoin/dogecoin/issues/3243#issuecomment-1712575544
https://github.com/visualbasic6/drain
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F2EI7SAP4QP2AJYK2JVEOO4GJ6DOBSM5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H3CQY277NWXY3RFCZCJ4VKT2P3ROACEJ/
https://x.com/123456/status/1711601593399828530

History

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-28T17:20:52.010Z

Reserved: 2023-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-33297

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:39:36.328Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-22T05:15:09.460

Modified: 2025-01-28T18:15:32.103

Link: CVE-2023-33297

Redhat

No data.

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