{"id":"CVE-2018-19159","details":"lux through 5.2.2 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.","modified":"2026-07-08T15:09:37.168712Z","published":"2019-11-05T21:15:12.543Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/lux-core/lux","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"eacc78dee9511b861f97d4d3f422a30c3a0c2feb"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:luxcore:lux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"5.2.2"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"versions":["v5.2.2","v5.2.1","v5.2.0","v5.1.0","v5.0.3","v5.0.2","v5.0.1","v5.0.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-19159.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}