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CVE-2017-20180

HighCVSS 7.5 / 10
Published Mar 6, 2023·Last modified Apr 11, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Zerocoin libzerocoin. Affected is the function CoinSpend::CoinSpend of the file CoinSpend.cpp of the component Proof Handler. The manipulation leads to insufficient verification of data authenticity. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The patch is identified as ce103a09ec079d0a0ed95475992348bed6e860de. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-222318 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
6.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.31%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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