Consensys gnark up to 0.10.x resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Consensys gnark up to 0.10.x and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-50354. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Consensys gnark up to 0.10.x. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-50354 since 10/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210710 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : govulncheck-vulndb (SUSE-SU-2024:3950-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 47ae846339add2bdf9983e499342bfdfe195191d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210710). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 210710
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : govulncheck-vulndb (SUSE-SU-2024:3950-1)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 47ae846339add2bdf9983e499342bfdfe195191d

Timelineinfo

10/22/2024 🔍
10/31/2024 +9 days 🔍
10/31/2024 +0 days 🔍
09/23/2025 +327 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-cph5-3pgr-c82g
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-50354 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-50354
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-282636

Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2024 17:37
Updated: 09/23/2025 05:10
Changes: 10/31/2024 17:37 (65), 11/09/2024 15:00 (2), 09/23/2025 05:10 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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