CVE-2018-17145

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 0.16.x before 0.16.2 and Bitcoin Knots 0.16.x before 0.16.2 allow remote denial of service via a flood of multiple transaction inv messages with random hashes, aka INVDoS. NOTE: this can also affect other cryptocurrencies, e.g., if they were forked from Bitcoin Core after 2017-11-15.

Bitcoin Core versiones 0.16.x anteriores a 0.16.2 y Bitcoin Knots versiones 0.16.x anteriores a 0.16.2, permite la denegación de servicio remota por medio de una avalancha de mensajes inv de transacciones múltiples con hashes aleatorios, también se conoce como INVDoS. NOTA: esto también puede afectar a otras criptomonedas, por ejemplo, si se bifurcaron desde Bitcoin Core después del 15/11/2017

*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
2020-09-10 CVE Published
2024-05-28 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md	Release Notes
https://invdos.net	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145	2020-09-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bcoin Search vendor "Bcoin"		Bcoin Search vendor "Bcoin" for product "Bcoin"				< 1.0.2 Search vendor "Bcoin" for product "Bcoin" and version " < 1.0.2"		-		Affected
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Bitcoin Core Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core"				>= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core" and version " >= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2"		-		Affected
Bitcoinknots Search vendor "Bitcoinknots"		Bitcoin Knots Search vendor "Bitcoinknots" for product "Bitcoin Knots"				>= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2 Search vendor "Bitcoinknots" for product "Bitcoin Knots" and version " >= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2"		-		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.3.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.3.0"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.3.1 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.3.1"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.3.2 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.3.2"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.3.3 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.3.3"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.4.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.4.0"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.5.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.5.0"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.6.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.6.0"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.7.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.7.0"		alpha		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.8.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.8.0"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.9.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.9.0"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.10.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.10.0"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.11.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.11.0"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.11.1 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.11.1"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.12.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.12.0"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.13.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.13.0"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.13.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.13.0"		beta2		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.20.0 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.20.0"		beta		Affected
Btcd Project Search vendor "Btcd Project"		Btcd Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd"				0.20.1 Search vendor "Btcd Project" for product "Btcd" and version "0.20.1"		beta		Affected
Decred Search vendor "Decred"		Dcrd Search vendor "Decred" for product "Dcrd"				< 1.5.2 Search vendor "Decred" for product "Dcrd" and version " < 1.5.2"		-		Affected
Litecoin Search vendor "Litecoin"		Litecoin Search vendor "Litecoin" for product "Litecoin"				>= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2 Search vendor "Litecoin" for product "Litecoin" and version " >= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2"		-		Affected
Namecoin Search vendor "Namecoin"		Namecoin Core Search vendor "Namecoin" for product "Namecoin Core"				>= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2 Search vendor "Namecoin" for product "Namecoin Core" and version " >= 0.16.0 < 0.16.2"		-		Affected