Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
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
3- Bitcoin/Coredescription
- Range: =0.18.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposuresmitrex_refsource_MISC
- gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861bmitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16824mitrex_refsource_MISC
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