{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "0.18.0"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "2472733a24a9364e4c6233ccd04166a26a68cc65"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "In Bitcoin Core 0.18.0, bitcoin-qt stores wallet.dat data unencrypted in memory. Upon a crash, it may dump a core file. If a user were to mishandle a core file, an attacker can reconstruct the user's wallet.dat file, including their private keys, via a grep \"6231 0500\" command.",
  "id": "CVE-2019-15947",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:07:50.280035368Z",
  "published": "2019-09-05T17:15:12.187Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures#CVE-2019-15947"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/oxagast/50a121b2df32186e0c48411859d5861b"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16824"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}