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High · 7.5 CVE-2019-25220 EUVD-2019-19368GHSA-px5f-j76h-8w39

Bitcoin Core before 24.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a flood of low-difficulty header chains …

Published Nov 18, 2024 · Updated Nov 18, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Bitcoin Core before 24.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a flood of low-difficulty header chains (aka a "Chain Width Expansion" attack) because a node does not first verify that a presented chain has enough work before committing to store it.

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