CVE-2019-16761
Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding in NPM slp-validate 1.0.0
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the [email protected] npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. All versions >1.0.0 have been patched.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 52 days later
· 52 days later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.99% · top 37% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 1.0.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmslp-validateGHSA-wmx6-vxcf-c3gr (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/simpleledger/slp-validate/security/advisories/GHSA-wmx6-vxcf-c3gr (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/simpleledger/slp-validate/commit/50ad96c2798dad6b9f9a13333dd05232defe5730#diff-fe58606994c412ba56a65141a7aa4a62L123 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-wmx6-vxcf-c3gr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-16761)Record last updated .