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CVE-2021-3401
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-02-04T05:15:13.037 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:05:01.643

Summary

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 products

bitcoin — bitcoin

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References

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