Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861b
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2019-15947
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16824
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.