{"cve":"CVE-2018-17145","nvd":{"published":"2020-09-10T17:15:25.767","modified":"2026-06-17T01:45:25.580","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145","https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.16.2/doc/release-notes.md","https://invdos.net","https://invdos.net/paper/CVE-2018-17145.pdf","https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2018-17145"],"products":["bcoin:bcoin","bitcoin:bitcoin_core","bitcoinknots:bitcoin_knots","btcd_project:btcd","decred:dcrd","litecoin:litecoin","namecoin:namecoin_core"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:09:20.498348299+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-17145","score":0.04759,"percentile":0.91893,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hx3r-jv9q-85jw","summary":"Bitcoin Inventory Out-of-Memory Denial-of-Service Attack (CVE-2018-17145)","modified":"2023-11-08T04:00:03.039349Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"bcoin","purl":"pkg:npm/bcoin","ranges":["<1.0.2"],"fixed":["1.0.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}