CVE-2019-16762 Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding in NPM slpjs

2019-11-1523:10:57

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

31.6%

JSON

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. Affected users can upgrade to any version >= 0.21.4.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "slpjs",
    "vendor": "simpleledger",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "0.21.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 0.21.4",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]