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CVE-2017-20180 Detail

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Zerocoin libzerocoin. Affected is the function CoinSpend::CoinSpend of the file CoinSpend.cpp of the component Proof Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The patch is identified as ce103a09ec079d0a0ed95475992348bed6e860de. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-222318 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
Base Score:  4.6 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/Zerocoin/libzerocoin/commit/ce103a09ec079d0a0ed95475992348bed6e860de Patch 
https://github.com/Zerocoin/libzerocoin/commit/ce103a09ec079d0a0ed95475992348bed6e860de Patch 
https://github.com/Zerocoin/libzerocoin/pull/16 Patch 
https://github.com/Zerocoin/libzerocoin/pull/16 Patch 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.222318 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.222318 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.222318 Third Party Advisory 
https://vuldb.com/?id.222318 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity VulDB  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:zerocoin:libzerocoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2017-11-15

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-20180
NVD Published Date:
03/06/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
VulDB