CVE-2019-15947

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Published Sep 5, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-6848	In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.6% (1.562% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2019-15947
https://gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861b
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16824
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Bitcoin Bitcoin Core

Weaknesses

CWE-312

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:03 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 5, 2019, 4:25 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:03 AM
Reserved: Sep 5, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:21 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 5, 2019, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:21 AM

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