Resource exhaustion in Bcoin
CVE-2018-17145
Bitcoin Core 0.16.x before 0.16.2 and Bitcoin Knots 0.16.x before 0.16.2 allow remote denial of service via a flood of multiple transaction inv messages with random hashes, aka INVDoS. NOTE: this can also affect other cryptocurrencies, e.g…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.034 (87.4th 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
- Bcoin
- Bitcoin Bitcoin_core
- Bitcoinknots Bitcoin_knots
- Btcd_project Btcd — versions 0.3.0, 0.3.1, 0.3.2
- Decred Dcrd
- Litecoin
- Namecoin Namecoin_core
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17145?
- CVE-2018-17145 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bcoin, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-09-10.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17145?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-17145 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.