CVE-2018-19166

peercoin through 0.6.4 (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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
---
---
CVEADP
---
---
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 73%
VendorProductVersion
peercoinpeercoin
𝑥
≤ 0.6.4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf
https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf
https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806