FKIE_CVE-2019-25220

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-11-18 04:15 - Updated: 2025-05-22 16:56
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Bitcoin Core before 24.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a flood of low-difficulty header chains (aka a "Chain Width Expansion" attack) because a node does not first verify that a presented chain has enough work before committing to store it.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bitcoincore.org/en/2024/09/18/disclose-headers-oomVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_ExposuresThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2019-October/017354.htmlMailing List
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
bitcoin bitcoin_core *
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  "id": "CVE-2019-25220",
  "lastModified": "2025-05-22T16:56:23.983",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
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