CVE-2018-17144

openSUSE Security Advisory - openSUSE-SU-2024:0052-1

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Bitcoin Core en versiones 0.14.x anteriores a la 0.14.3, 0.15.x anteriores a la 0.15.2 y 0.16.x anteriores a la 0.16.3 y Bitcoin Knots desde las versiones 0.14.x hasta las 0.16.x anteriores a la 0.16.3 permiten una denegación remota de servicio (cierre inesperado de la aplicación) explotable por mineros mediante entradas duplicadas. Un atacante puede provocar el cierre inesperado de bitcoind o de Bitcoin-Qt.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. This update for bitcoin fixes the following issues.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-18 CVE Reserved
2018-09-19 CVE Published
2018-10-16 First Exploit
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-07-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17144	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/iioch/ban-exploitable-bitcoin-nodes	2018-10-16
https://github.com/hikame/CVE-2018-17144_POC	2024-08-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.md	2024-03-13
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.md	2024-03-13

URL	Date	SRC
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3	2024-03-13

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Bitcoin Core Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core"				>= 0.14.0 < 0.14.3 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core" and version " >= 0.14.0 < 0.14.3"		-		Affected
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Bitcoin Core Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core"				>= 0.15.0 < 0.15.2 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core" and version " >= 0.15.0 < 0.15.2"		-		Affected
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Bitcoin Core Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core"				>= 0.16.0 < 0.16.3 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core" and version " >= 0.16.0 < 0.16.3"		-		Affected
Bitcoinknots Search vendor "Bitcoinknots"		Bitcoin Knots Search vendor "Bitcoinknots" for product "Bitcoin Knots"				>= 0.14.0 < 0.16.3 Search vendor "Bitcoinknots" for product "Bitcoin Knots" and version " >= 0.14.0 < 0.16.3"		-		Affected