CVE-2022-23486 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libp2p-rust versions prior to 0.45.1. An unauthenticated attacker can cause a victim node to exhaust its memory by allocating numerous small chunks, leading to process termination. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.45.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:protocol:libp2p:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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