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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-16930

Zcashd in Zcash before 2.0.7-3 allows discovery of the IP address of a full node that owns a shielded address, related to mishandling of exceptions during deserialization of note plaintexts. This affects anyone who has disclosed their zaddr to a third party.

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CVE-2019-16930
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31 Oct 2026, 12:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-16930

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Sept 2019, 22:15 UTC

Zcashd in Zcash before 2.0.7-3 allows discovery of the IP address of a full node that owns a shielded address, related to mishandling of exceptions during deserialization of note plaintexts. This affects anyone who has disclosed their zaddr to a third party.

osv:CVE-2019-16930
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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