{"id":"CVE-2019-16762","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-16762","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:27:41.440Z","title":"An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus.","description":"A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. Affected users can upgrade to any version >= 0.21.4.","published":"2019-11-15T23:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:22:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["simpleledger/slpjs"],"epss":{"score":0.01096,"percentile":0.6536,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (1.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/commit/ac8809b42e47790a6f0205991b36f2699ed10c84#diff-fe58606994c412ba56a65141a7aa4a62L701","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/security/advisories/GHSA-425c-ccf3-3jrr","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/commit/ac8809b42e47790a6f0205991b36f2699ed10c84#diff-fe58606994c412ba56a65141a7aa4a62L701","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/security/advisories/GHSA-425c-ccf3-3jrr","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16762","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."}