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."
References
Link Resource
https://achow101.com/2021/02/0.18-uri-vuln Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16578 Patch Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-02-04T04:47:30

Updated: 2021-02-04T04:47:30

Reserved: 2021-02-04T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2021-3401

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-02-04T05:15:13.037

Modified: 2022-06-28T14:11:45.273


Link: CVE-2021-3401

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