Medium severity · published Mar 12, 2020
CVE-2017-18350
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to 0.15.1 have a stack-based buffer overflow if an attacker-controlled SOCKS proxy server is used
5.9
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to 0.15.1 have a stack-based buffer overflow if an attacker-controlled SOCKS proxy server is used. This results from an integer signedness error when the proxy server responds with an acknowledgement of an unexpected target domain name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Bitcoin Core · Bitcoin
before 0.15.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18350
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18350
Vendor Advisory
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
medium.com
https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2017-18350-disclosure-fe6d695f45d5
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