CVE-2019-15947
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2019 at 04:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBitcoin Core
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2019-15947x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861bx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16824Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-312
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