Vulnerability RUSTSEC-2022-0084

High Risk
HIGH RISK
CVSS Score: 7.5
Score Range: 7.0–8.9
High severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 7.0–8.9). Serious vulnerabilities that should be prioritized soon after critical fixes.
4 years ago
July 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM UTC
libp2p Lack of resource management DoS
0.0.1 - 0.13.2 and 0.15.0 - 0.39.1 and 0.40.0 - 0.45.0
0.0.1 - 0.13.2 and 0.15.0 - 0.39.1 and 0.40.0 - 0.45.0

Summary

libp2p Lack of resource management DoS

Details

libp2p allows a potential attacker to cause victim p2p node to run out of memory

The out of memory failure can cause crashes where libp2p is intended to be used within large scale networks leading to potential Denial of Service (DoS) vector

Users should upgrade or reference the DoS mitigation strategies.

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
4 years ago
July 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM UTC
Fixed (0.45.1)
4 years ago
June 09, 2022 at 01:39 PM UTC
Last Modified
1 hour ago
October 12, 2026 at 06:00 PM UTC