VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-19166

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

peercoin through 0.6.4 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references