Denial Of Service (DoS)

github.com/btcsuite/go-socks is vulnerable to Denial of Service DoS. The vulnerability exists because the RemoteAddr and LocalAddr methods on the returned net.Conn may call themselves, leading to an infinite loop which will crash the program through a stack overflow...

GO-2022-1098 Denial of service in message decoding in github.com/btcsuite/btcd

Erroneous message decoding can cause denial of service. Improper checking of maximum witness size during node message decoding prevented nodes in Lightning Labs lnd before 0.15.2-beta to sync...

btcd mishandles witness size checking

btcd before 0.23.2, as used in Lightning Labs lnd before 0.15.2-beta and other Bitcoin-related products, mishandles witness size checking. Specific Go Packages Affected github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire...

GO-2020-0024 Infinite loop in github.com/btcsuite/go-socks

The RemoteAddr and LocalAddr methods on the returned net.Conn may call themselves, leading to an infinite loop which will crash the program due to a stack overflow...

Denial Of Service (DoS)

github.com/btcsuite/btcd is vulnerable to denial of service DoS. It is possible because the parseSig signature parsing function does not check the minimal message of size while checking the length of remaining message...

Denial Of Service

github.com/btcsuite/btcd is vulnerable to denial of service DoS attacks. A malicious user can cause the system to hang by sending multiple fake transactions because the system does not check if the transaction signature is valid...

Bitcoin Core Developers Quit Bitcoin Project to Launch a New Digital Currency

Some of Bitcoin’s Core developers have left the Bitcoin project and started building their separate cryptocurrency called DECRED. Decred aims to prevent the issues Bitcoin is currently facing regarding project governance and development funding. CEO of 'Company 0', Mr. Jacob Yocom-Piatt, who has...