CVE-2018-17144 describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.x through 0.16.x and Bitcoin Knots 0.14.x through 0.16.x. This flaw allows a malicious miner to crash vulnerable bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt applications by sending transactions with duplicate inputs. Rated 7.5 HIGH, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to a complete application outage. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.14.0, < 0.14.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.15.0, < 0.15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.16.0, < 0.16.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 0.14.0, < 0.16.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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