Is CVE-2023-33297 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-33297 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-33297?

CVE-2023-33297 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-33297?

CVE-2023-33297 has an EPSS score of 1.40% (69th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-33297?

Upgrade bitcoin core to 24.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-33297

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Bitcoin Core before 24.1, when debug mode is not used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (e.g., CPU consumption) because draining the inventory-to-send queue is inefficient, as exploited in the wild in May 2023.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

bitcoin coreNVD

Affected:< 24.1Fixed in:24.1CVE-2023-33297derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Issue Tracking2

Release Notes1

github.com

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-44487	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-44228	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2011-3192	High	7.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11478	Medium	5.3	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-25617	Medium	5.3	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000115	High	7.5	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-28.