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CVE-2018-19158

CVE-2018-19158

EPSS 2.6%
ColossusCoinXT through 1.0.5 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.
Affected products
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References
http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdfhttps://github.com/ColossusCoinXT/ColossusCoinXT/compare/0223904...9666bb8https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806