CVE-2021-43839 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-43839

Drainage of FeeCollector's Block Transaction Fees

Vulnerability Description

Cronos is a commercial implementation of a blockchain. In Cronos nodes running versions before v0.6.5, it is possible to take transaction fees from Cosmos SDK's FeeCollector for the current block by sending a custom crafted MsgEthereumTx. This problem has been patched in Cronos v0.6.5. There are no tested workarounds. All validator node operators are recommended to upgrade to Cronos v0.6.5 at their earliest possible convenience.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

crypto-org-chain

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Affected Software

cronos
Vulnerable Versions:
< 0.6.5

Timeline

Official Publish: December 21st, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.