CVE-2018-17144

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Published Sep 19, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 6.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.7% (6.749% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3/
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17144
https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.md
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.md

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Bitcoin Bitcoin Core

Bitcoinknots Bitcoin Knots

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:39 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 19, 2018, 8:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:39 AM
Reserved: Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 19, 2018, 8:29 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM

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