CVE-2021-3401

critical · 9.8

Bitcoin Core before 0.19.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when another application unsafely passes the -platformpluginpath argument to the bitcoin-qt program, as demonstrated by an x-scheme-handler/bitcoin handler for a .desktop file or a web browser. NOTE: the discoverer states "I believe that this vulnerability cannot actually be exploited."

9.8

CVSS

10.5%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

96th

EPSS percentile

2021-02-04

Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-88

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
bitcoin	bitcoin	< 0.19.0

Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.

References

https://achow101.com/2021/02/0.18-uri-vuln
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16578
https://achow101.com/2021/02/0.18-uri-vuln
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16578

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2021-3401