Bitcoin Inventory Out-of-Memory Denial-of-Service Attack (CVE-2018-17145)
There was an easily exploitable uncontrolled memory resource consumption denial-of-service vulnerability that existed in the peer-to-peer network code of three implementations of Bitcoin and several alternative chains.
For more details please see: https://invdos.net/
For the paper: https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | bcoin | < 1.0.2 | 1.0.2 |
References
- https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin/security/advisories/GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17145
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145
- https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md
- https://invdos.net
- https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400- Platform
- npm
- Package
bcoin- Disclosed
- 10.09.2020
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: bcoin
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