CVE-2024-50354

low-risk
Published 2024-10-31

gnark is a fast zk-SNARK library that offers a high-level API to design circuits. In gnark 0.11.0 and earlier, deserialization of Groth16 verification keys allocate excessive memory, consuming a lot of resources and triggering a crash with the error fatal error: runtime: out of memory.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Gnark

Affected Vendors

Consensys

References (3)

Patch https://github.com/Consensys/gnark/commit/47ae846339add2bdf9983e499342bfdfe19519...
Issue Tracking https://github.com/Consensys/gnark/pull/1307
Exploit https://github.com/Consensys/gnark/security/advisories/GHSA-cph5-3pgr-c82g
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal