VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3401

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability10.92%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-02-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Bitcoin Core before 0.19.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when another application unsafely passes the -platformpluginpath argument to the bitcoin-qt program, as demonstrated by an x-scheme-handler/bitcoin handler for a .desktop file or a web browser. NOTE: the discoverer states "I believe that this vulnerability cannot actually be exploited."

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-88

Primary references