CVE-2017-20180

Zerocoin libzerocoin Proof CoinSpend.cpp CoinSpend data authenticity

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 6, 2023 at 10:31 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:15 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibzerocoin

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Zerocoin libzerocoin. Affected is the function CoinSpend::CoinSpend of the file CoinSpend.cpp of the component Proof Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The patch is identified as ce103a09ec079d0a0ed95475992348bed6e860de. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-222318 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2017-11-15
Affected range stops below 2017-11-15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-345

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