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CVE-2021-43668

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2021-11-18 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

Go-Ethereum 1.10.9 nodes crash (denial of service) after receiving a serial of messages and cannot be recovered. They will crash with "runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference" and arise a SEGV signal.

Affected Platforms

Ethereum Go Ethereum

Weakness Type

CWE-476

References