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CVE-2023-50428

nvd nist
Published: Dec 9, 2023Modified: Nov 21, 2024

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5.3
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4
Source: NVD

Description

In Bitcoin Core through 26.0 and Bitcoin Knots before 25.1.knots20231115, datacarrier size limits can be bypassed by obfuscating data as code (e.g., with OP_FALSE OP_IF), as exploited in the wild by Inscriptions in 2022 and 2023. NOTE: although this is a vulnerability from the perspective of the Bitcoin Knots project, some others consider it "not a bug."

Affected (2)

1 product
Bitcoin Core
1 product
Bitcoin Knots
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
From 0.9 to 26.0
From 0.9 to 25.1

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