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The gnark product, a fast zk-SNARK library that offers a high-level API to design circuits, has a vulnerability in versions 0.11.0 and earlier. The deserialization of Groth16 verification keys can allocate excessive memory, consuming a lot of resources and triggering a crash with the error "fatal error: runtime: out of memory." The attack complexity is low, and the availability impact is high. The attack requires low privileges and can be executed locally.
Overview
The vulnerability was published on October 31, 2024, by GitHub_M. The issue lies in the deserialization of Groth16 verification keys, which can allocate excessive memory. This uncontrolled resource consumption can lead to an out-of-memory error, causing the application to crash. The attack can be performed locally with low privileges.
Remediation
The exact remediation steps are not provided in the CVE details. However, users of gnark are advised to update to the latest version of the software. It is also recommended to monitor the resources consumed by the application and limit the amount of memory that can be allocated during deserialization.
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