CVE-2019-15947

Summary

CVECVE-2019-15947
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-05 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-03 14:28:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
makeitrain.sh · GitHub MISC gist.github.com Third Party Advisory
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures - Bitcoin MISC en.bitcoin.it Not Applicable
Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202009-18) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Crash dumps from bitcoin-qt contain wallets · Issue #16824 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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