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CVE-2021-42764

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CVE-2021-42764

Published: Oct 20, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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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