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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2019-03-21

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Colossuscoinxt (Colossusxt)

References

• http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf
• https://github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904...9666bb8
• https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806