High
Security advisory
Phore through 1.3.3.1 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-19157
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 05:31 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Phore through 1.3.3.1 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.
osv:CVE-2018-19157
Complete source record
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