CVE-2018-17144 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Bitcoin Core or Bitcoin Knots applications by sending duplicate inputs, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-17144?
CVE-2018-17144 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, published on 19 Sep 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17144?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (2)
bitcoin SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5 | All versions | 26.0-bp155.2.3.1 |
bitcoin openSUSE:Leap 15.5 | All versions | 26.0-bp155.2.3.1 |
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, Bitcoinknots Bitcoin Knots.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17144?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-17144 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17144 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17144, GHSA-35hw-99vw-mgp5, MGASA-2018-0415, openSUSE-SU-2024:0052-1.