TI-2017-13525 Aliases CVE-2017-18350 GHSA-xwpp-3gx9-68rr

bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to 0.15.1 have a stack-based buffer overflow if an…

LOW 30CWE-120Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01598 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core::::::::	before 0.15.1	Vulnerable	Bitcoin

cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.15.1 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-18350
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xwpp-3gx9-68rr

References

Advisory 1

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures

Other 1

https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2017-18350-disclosure-fe6d695f45d5

TI-2023-18826 Memory management and protection issues in Bitcoin Core v22 allows attackers to modify… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-12251 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… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-23274 Bitcoin Core before 25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocktxn… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-35417 Bitcoin Core before 0.20.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-35412 Bitcoin Core before 0.20.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2019-15274 Bitcoin Core before 24.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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