CVE-2019-16761 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-16761

Validator parsing discrepancy due to string encoding in NPM slp-validate 1.0.0

Vulnerability Description

A specially crafted Bitcoin script can cause a discrepancy between the specified SLP consensus rules and the validation result of the slp-validate@1.0.0 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

simpleledger

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Affected Software

slp-validate
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 15th, 2019
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)