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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-19167

CloakCoin through 2.2.2.0 (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.

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CVE-2018-19167
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1 Nov 2026, 06:50 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-19167

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Nov 2019, 21:15 UTC

CloakCoin through 2.2.2.0 (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-2018-19167
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19167",
  "method": "structured",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:45.295895231Z",
      "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": 436085,
  "published_at": "2019-11-05T21:15:13.103+00:00"
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