{"id":"CVE-2018-17145","aliases":["GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17145","summary":"Bitcoin Inventory Out-of-Memory Denial-of-Service Attack (CVE-2018-17145)","details":"Bitcoin Core 0.16.x before 0.16.2 and Bitcoin Knots 0.16.x before 0.16.2 allow remote denial of service via a flood of multiple transaction inv messages with random hashes, aka INVDoS. NOTE: this can also affect other cryptocurrencies, e.g., if they were forked from Bitcoin Core after 2017-11-15.","published":"2020-09-10T17:15:25.767Z","modified":"2026-07-08T07:08:13.448069181Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"bcoin","fixedVersion":"1.0.2"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://invdos.net"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T07:08:13.448069181Z"}}