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CVE-2018-17144 json

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 all…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-8920

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.7%
EPSS 6.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • bitcoin bitcoin_core 0.14.3, 0.15.2, 0.16.3
  • bitcoinknots bitcoin_knots 0.16.3
  • litecoin Debian 13, Debian 12 0.16.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17144

  • bitcoin Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 26.0-bp155.2.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:0052-1

  • bitcoin-daemon Arch Linux 0.16.3-1
  • bitcoin-qt Arch Linux 0.16.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-766

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Exploit prediction

6.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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Sources

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