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CVE-2019-16762
Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding in NPM slpjs
Medium5.7EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- GitHub_M
Description
A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slpjs npm package. An attacker could create a specially crafted Bitcoin script in order to cause a hard-fork from the SLP consensus. Affected users can upgrade to any version >= 0.21.4.
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)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 0.21.4 – < 0.21.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (2)
- https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/security/advisories/GHSA-425c-ccf3-3jrr (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/simpleledger/slpjs/commit/ac8809b42e47790a6f0205991b36f2699ed10c84#diff-fe58606994c412ba56a65141a7aa4a62L701 (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-425c-ccf3-3jrr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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