CVE-2018-17144
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 19, 2018 at 08:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsBitcoin CoreBitcoinknots
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
0.14.0 ≤ v < 0.14.30.15.0 ≤ v < 0.15.20.16.0 ≤ v < 0.16.3
Affected range stops below 0.14.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.15.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.16.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
0.14.0 ≤ v < 0.16.3
Affected range stops below 0.16.3, 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:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3/x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17144x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extensionx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.mdx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.mdCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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