CVE-2019-7167

Published Mar 27, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
Zcash, before the Sapling network upgrade (2018-10-28), had a counterfeiting vulnerability. A key-generation process, during evaluation of polynomials related to a to-be-proven statement, produced certain bypass elements. Availability of these elements allowed a cheating prover to bypass a consistency check, and consequently transform the proof of one statement into an ostensibly valid proof of a different statement, thereby breaking the soundness of the proof system. This misled the original Sprout zk-SNARK verifier into accepting the correctness of a transaction.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16716 Zcash, before the Sapling network upgrade (2018-10-28), had a counterfeiting vulnerability. A key-generation process, during evaluation of polynomials related to a to-be-proven statement, produced certain bypass elements. Availability of these elements allowed a cheating prover to bypass a consistency check, and consequently transform the proof of one statement into an ostensibly valid proof of a different statement, thereby breaking the soundness of the proof system. This misled the original Sprout zk-SNARK verifier into accepting the correctness of a transaction.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 8:38 PM
Reserved
Jan 29, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 27, 2019, 2:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:40 AM