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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-19152

emercoin through 0.7 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks. The attack requires no stake and can fill the victim's disk and RAM.

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CVE-2018-19152
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1 Nov 2026, 06:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-19152

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Nov 2019, 21:15 UTC

emercoin through 0.7 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks. The attack requires no stake and can fill the victim's disk and RAM.

osv:CVE-2018-19152
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19152",
  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-19152",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:36.774173117Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434065,
  "published_at": "2019-11-05T21:15:12.057+00:00"
}