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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 2018-09-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo 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

Exploit prediction

6.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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

References

Sources

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