CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-17145

HIGHEPSS 87th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
bcoinNVD
Affected:< 1.0.2Fixed in:1.0.2CVE-2018-17145derived from NVD
bitcoin coreNVD
Affected:>= 0.16.0, < 0.16.2Fixed in:0.16.2CVE-2018-17145derived from NVD
bitcoin knotsNVD
Affected:>= 0.16.0, < 0.16.2Fixed in:0.16.2CVE-2018-17145derived from NVD
dcrdNVD
Affected:< 1.5.2Fixed in:1.5.2CVE-2018-17145derived from NVD
litecoinNVD
Affected:>= 0.16.0, < 0.16.2Fixed in:0.16.2CVE-2018-17145derived from NVD
namecoin coreNVD
Affected:>= 0.16.0, < 0.16.2Fixed in:0.16.2CVE-2018-17145derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days
87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1
Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-400 (Resource Exhaustion) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2023-44487High7.5100%KEVFix
CVE-2021-44228Critical10.0100%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2011-3192High7.899%-Fix
CVE-2019-11478Medium5.395%-Fix
CVE-2024-25617Medium5.389%-Fix
CVE-2018-1000115High7.589%-Fix
Embed a live status badge for CVE-2018-17145
CVE-2018-17145 severity badge

Markdown

[![CVE-2018-17145](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2018-17145.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2018-17145)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2018-17145"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2018-17145.svg" alt="CVE-2018-17145"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.