VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-17144

Bitcoin Core 0.14.x before 0.14.3, 0.15.x before 0.15.2, and 0.16.x before 0.16.3 and Bitcoin Knots 0.14.x through 0.16.x before 0.16.3 allow a remote denial of service (application crash) exploitable by miners via duplicate input.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.75%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 6.75% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: bitcoin/bitcoin core · bitcoinknots/bitcoin knots
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 6.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3/Vendor Advisory
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17144Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-ExtensionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.mdPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.mdPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/18/release-0.16.3/Vendor Advisory
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17144Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-ExtensionThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3/doc/release-notes.mdPatch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bitcoinknots/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.3.knots20180918/doc/release-notes.mdPatch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.