Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting grin package, versions <3.1.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-GRIN-6227593
  • published5 Feb 2024
  • disclosed24 May 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 May 2022

CVE-2020-12439  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade grin to version 3.1.0 or higher.

Overview

grin is an implementation of the Mimblewimble protocol.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions via the handling of data on the Mimblewimble blockchain. An attacker can force a node out of a consensus by sending crafted block data that triggers excessive rewind operations.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1