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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6353

The Python console in Electrum through 2.9.4 and 3.x through 3.0.5 supports arbitrary Python code without considering (1) social-engineering attacks in which a user pastes code that they do not understand and (2) code pasted by a physically proximate attacker at an unattended workstation, which makes it easier for attackers to steal Bitcoin via hook code that runs at a later time when the wallet password has been entered, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-1000022.

Products
electrum
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
3.2.3-1
CVEs
CVE-2018-6353
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:15 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6353

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Jan 2018, 15:29 UTC

The Python console in Electrum through 2.9.4 and 3.x through 3.0.5 supports arbitrary Python code without considering (1) social-engineering attacks in which a user pastes code that they do not understand and (2) code pasted by a physically proximate attacker at an unattended workstation, which makes it easier for attackers to steal Bitcoin via hook code that runs at a later time when the wallet password has been entered, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-1000022.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6353

electrum

Fixed versions: 3.2.3-1

electrum

Fixed versions: 3.2.3-1

electrum

Fixed versions: 3.2.3-1

Complete source record
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