CVE-2018-19152

emercoin through 0.7 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks. The attack requires no stake and can fill the victim's disk and RAM.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf	Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf	Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:emercoin:emercoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-11-05 21:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:57

NVD link : CVE-2018-19152

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19152

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-19152

JSON object : View

Products Affected

emercoin

emercoin

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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