What is CVE-2012-3789?

CVE-2012-3789 is a vulnerability in Bitcoin Core. Published 2012-08-06.

Is CVE-2012-3789 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Bitcoin Core

CVE-2012-3789

Unspecified vulnerability in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.7rc3, 0.5.x before 0.5.6rc3, 0.6.0.x before 0.6.0.9rc1, and 0.6.x before 0.6.3rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via unknown behavior on a Bitcoin network.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Bitcoin Bitcoin_core — versions 0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.2
N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon
akircanski/coinbugs
nachobonilla/awesome-blockchain-security
uvhw/conchimgiangnang

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3789?: CVE-2012-3789 is a vulnerability in Bitcoin Core. Published 2012-08-06.
Is CVE-2012-3789 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.