CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-19158

ColossusCoinXT through 1.0.5 (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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904...9666bb8 Patch
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:colossusxt:colossuscoinxt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-21 04:00

Updated : 2019-11-06 04:45

NVD link : CVE-2018-19158

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19158

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-400