CVE-2021-3401

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-3401
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-02-04T05:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-06-28T14:11:45
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-88 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/88.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.19.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://achow101.com/2021/02/0.18-uri-vuln Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16578 Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3401
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3401
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:24:03 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 21:19:47 2021-02-04T05:15Z 2021-02-04T05:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 21:19:47 2022-06-28T14:11:45 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 21:19:47 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated