{"id":"CVE-2022-29177","aliases":["GHSA-wjxw-gh3m-7pm5","GO-2022-0456"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29177","summary":"DoS via malicious p2p message in Go-Ethereum","details":"### Impact\n\nA vulnerable node, if configured to use high verbosity logging, can be made to crash when handling specially crafted p2p messages sent from an attacker node. \n\n### Patches\n\nThe following PR addresses the problem: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/24507\n\n### Workarounds\n\nAside from applying the PR linked above, setting loglevel to default level (`INFO`) makes the node not vulnerable to this attack.\n\n### Credits\n\nThis bug was reported by `nrv` via bounty@ethereum.org, who has gracefully requested that the bounty rewards be donated to Médecins sans frontières.\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [go-ethereum](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum)\n","published":"2022-05-20T16:20:10Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:32.426301451Z","cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum","fixedVersion":"1.10.17"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/24507","label":"ethereum/go-ethereum#24507"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/29xxx/CVE-2022-29177.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/security/advisories/GHSA-wjxw-gh3m-7pm5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29177"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/pull/24507"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-28T02:30:32.426301451Z"}}