What is CVE-2018-19157?

CVE-2018-19157 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phore, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2018-19157?

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

Resource exhaustion in Phore

CVE-2018-19157

Phore through 1.3.3.1 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.013 (68.1th 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

Phore
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19157?: CVE-2018-19157 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phore, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2018-19157?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.