CVE-2017-12842

HIGH

Bitcoin Core < 0.14.0 - SPV Proof Spoofing via Merkle Tree Leaf Node Weakness

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Bitcoin Core before 0.14 allows an attacker to create an ostensibly valid SPV proof for a payment to a victim who uses an SPV wallet, even if that payment did not actually occur. Completing the attack would cost more than a million dollars, and is relevant mainly only in situations where an autonomous system relies solely on an SPV proof for transactions of a greater dollar amount.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0216
EPSS Percentile 80.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
bitcoin/bitcoin_core < 0.14.0
Published Mar 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026