CVE-2018-19158 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf https://github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904…9666bb8 https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5