High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-15947
CVE-2019-15947
Description
In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =0.18.0
- Bitcoin/Coredescription
- Range: =0.18.0
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/bitcoin&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/bitcoin&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 27.1-bp160.2.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 27.1-bp160.2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 31.0-2.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861bnvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16824nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18nvdThird Party Advisory
- en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_ExposuresnvdNot Applicable
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