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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.067 (93.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.067 · newest: 0.067 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.md (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3/ (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.md (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension (Third Party Advisory)
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.