9.1
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-42764

Published: 20/10/2021 Updated: 26/10/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.4 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.1 | Impact Score: 5.2 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 570
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Ethereum consensus protocol through 2021-10-19 allows an adversary to cause a denial of service (delayed consensus decisions), and also increase the profits of individual validators, via short-range reorganizations of the underlying consensus chain.

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