VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-15947

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-09-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Primary references