Resource exhaustion in Colossusxt Colossuscoinxt
CVE-2018-19158
ColossusCoinXT through 1.0.5 (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)
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: 0.026 (84.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocur…
- fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf (Technical Description, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904...9666bb8 (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-19158?
- CVE-2018-19158 is a high-severity vulnerability in Colossusxt Colossuscoinxt, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-03-21.
- How severe is CVE-2018-19158?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.