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CVE-2018-19159 Details

Description

lux through 5.2.2 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.

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
luxcore lux
<= 5.2.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:luxcore:lux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-19159
NVD Published Date:
Nov 5, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-19159 Details - Not Deferred