CVE-2019-16761 Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding in NPM slp-validate 1.0.0

2019-11-1523:05:57

CWE-20

GitHub_M

www.cve.org

5.7 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.6%

JSON

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the [email protected] npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. All versions >1.0.0 have been patched.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "slp-validate",
    "vendor": "simpleledger",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.0.0"
      }
    ]
  }
]