CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-3401

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2021-02-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-02-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-88

Description

Bitcoin Core before 0.19.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when another application unsafely passes the -platformpluginpath argument to the bitcoin-qt program, as demonstrated by an x-scheme-handler/bitcoin handler for a .desktop file or a web browser. NOTE: the discoverer states "I believe that this vulnerability cannot actually be exploited."

Affected configurations

• bitcoin bitcoin (< 0.19.0)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command weakness

References