What is CVE-2018-17144?

CVE-2018-17144 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Core. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-17144?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-17144 known to be exploited?

29 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Bitcoin Core

CVE-2018-17144

Bitcoin Core 0.14.x before 0.14.3, 0.15.x before 0.15.2, and 0.16.x before 0.16.3 and Bitcoin Knots 0.14.x through 0.16.x before 0.16.3 allow a remote denial of service (application crash) exploitable by miners via duplicate input. An attacker can make bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt crash.

EPSS: 0.067 (93.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17144?: CVE-2018-17144 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Core. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-17144?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17144 known to be exploited?: 29 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.