CVE-2017-18350
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: March 12, 2020 at 08:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBitcoin Core
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to 0.15.1 have a stack-based buffer overflow if an attacker-controlled SOCKS proxy server is used. This results from an integer signedness error when the proxy server responds with an acknowledgement of an unexpected target domain name.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.15.1
Affected range stops below 0.15.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposuresx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2017-18350-disclosure-fe6d695f45d5CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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