CVE-2018-19159

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
lux through 5.2.2 (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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-19159
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-11-05T21:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-11-06T16:43:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:luxcore:lux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.2.2
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 Third Party Advisory
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19159
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19159
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:00:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 05:27:24 2019-11-05T21:15Z 2019-11-05T21:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 05:27:24 2019-11-06T16:43:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 05:27:24 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated