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CVE-2018-19151 Details

Description

qtum through 0.16 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks. The attack requires no stake and can fill the victim's disk and RAM.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf CVEThird Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 CVE
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
qtum qtum
<= 0.16

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:qtum:qtum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-19151
NVD Published Date:
Oct 29, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-19151 Details - Not Deferred