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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2019-16761

Severity Medium
Score 6.1/10

Summary

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slp-validate package before 1.0.1. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. All versions >1.0.0 have been patched.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • HIGH
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published