PT-2018-13924 · Bitcoin+2 · Bitcoin Core+3

Beardnboobies · Published 2018-09-18 · Updated 2025-09-11 · CVE-2018-17144

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.x through 0.14.2 Bitcoin Core versions 0.15.x through 0.15.1 Bitcoin Core versions 0.16.x through 0.16.2 Bitcoin Knots versions 0.14.x through 0.16.2

Description The issue allows a remote denial of service, which can cause the application to crash. This can be exploited by miners via duplicate input, allowing an attacker to make bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt crash.

Recommendations For Bitcoin Core versions 0.14.x through 0.14.2, update to version 0.14.3 or later. For Bitcoin Core versions 0.15.x through 0.15.1, update to version 0.15.2 or later. For Bitcoin Core versions 0.16.x through 0.16.2, update to version 0.16.3 or later. For Bitcoin Knots versions 0.14.x through 0.16.2, update to version 0.16.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2341

CVE-2018-17144

MGASA-2018-0415

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3001-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0052-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10654-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Bitcoin Core

Bitcoin Knots

Suse

References · 28

• 🔥 https://github.com/hikame/CVE-2018-17144_POC · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice · Exploit
• https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.md · Patch
• https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.md · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0415.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17144 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0415 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:0052-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/mwnesbitt/status/1740589272141570545 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/73726 · Telegram Post