{"id":"CVE-2017-18350","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-18350","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:12:22.947Z","title":"bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to 0.15.1 have a stack-based buffer overflow if an attacker-controlled SOCKS proxy server is used.","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.","published":"2020-03-12T21:15:12.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:12:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-120"],"affected":["bitcoin/bitcoin core"],"epss":{"score":0.01598,"percentile":0.75629,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2017-18350-disclosure-fe6d695f45d5","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2017-18350-disclosure-fe6d695f45d5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18350","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}