VDB-227114 · CVE-2017-12842 · GCVE-0-2017-12842

Bitcoin Core up to 0.13 SPV Proof unverified ownership

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.6	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Bitcoin Core up to 0.13. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component SPV Proof Handler. Such manipulation leads to unverified ownership. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-12842. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Bitcoin Core up to 0.13. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component SPV Proof Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unverified ownership vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-283. The product does not properly verify that a critical resource is owned by the proper entity. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Bitcoin Core before 0.14 allows an attacker to create an ostensibly valid SPV proof for a payment to a victim who uses an SPV wallet, even if that payment did not actually occur. Completing the attack would cost more than a million dollars, and is relevant mainly only in situations where an autonomous system relies solely on an SPV proof for transactions of a greater dollar amount.

The weakness was shared 04/22/2023. The advisory is available at bitslog.wordpress.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-12842 since 08/14/2017. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 0.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

Bitcoin

Name

Core

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Unverified ownership
CWE: CWE-283 / CWE-282 / CWE-284
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Core 0.14

Timelineinfo

08/14/2017 🔍
04/22/2023 +2077 days 🔍
04/22/2023 +0 days 🔍
04/22/2023 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bitslog.wordpress.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-12842 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-12842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-227114

Entryinfo

Created: 04/22/2023 08:30
Changes: 04/22/2023 08:30 (56)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103