7.5

CVE-2018-17144: bitcoin bitcoin_core

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2018-0415openSUSE-SU-2024:0052-1DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17144
Published 19-09-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-17144 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in bitcoin bitcoin_core. EPSS estimates a 6.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 7% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 19-09-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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. An attacker can make bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt crash.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.75% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Bitcoin1 product
  • bitcoin_core≥ 0.14.0, < 0.14.3 | ≥ 0.15.0, < 0.15.2 | ≥ 0.16.0, < 0.16.3
Bitcoinknots1 product
Debian1 product
  • litecoin< 0.16.3-1
Mageia1 product
  • bitcoin< 0.16.3-1.mga6
Opensuse1 product
  • bitcoin&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 26.0-bp155.2.3.1
Suse1 product
  • bitcoin&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5< 26.0-bp155.2.3.1

6 vendors · 6 products

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