CVE-2019-15947

In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory

published September 5, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
72.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep "6231 0500" command.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01402 · 72.3th percentile
Published
2019-09-05T16:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 SEP 16:25Z
    In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory
    cvelistv5