Description
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://medium.com/%40lukedashjr/cve-2017-18350-disclosure-fe6d695f45d5
Scores
CVSS v3
5.9
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
39.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (1)
bitcoin/bitcoin_core
< 0.15.1
Published
Mar 12, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026