CVE-2020-14198

FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-14198 is a remote denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Bitcoin Core version 0.20.0. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to a complete loss of availability for affected systems. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		0.20.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.20.0:-::::::

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

3.15%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

86.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0315 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

en.bitcoin.it / wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures

Vendor Advisory

github.com / bitcoin/bitcoin/commits/master

PatchThird Party Advisory

security.gentoo.org / glsa/202009-18

Third Party Advisory