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CVE-2018-17144

35
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0675 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bitcoincore.org / en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3
Vendor Advisory
en.bitcoin.it / wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
Third Party Advisory
github.com / bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.md
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.md
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / JinBean/CVE-Extension
Third Party Advisory