CVE-2018-17145

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.14% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory bitcoin.it
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md third party advisory release notes
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145 vendor advisory
https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf exploit third party advisory technical description
https://invdos.net third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-17145?
CVE-2018-17145 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-17145?
To fix CVE-2018-17145, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-17145 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-17145 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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