Vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core
CVE-2012-4684
The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (re…
EPSS: 0.029 (85.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Bitcoin Bitcoin_core — versions 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8
- Bitcoin Bitcoind — versions 0.6.3
- Bitcoin Bitcoin-qt — versions 0.6.3
- Bitcoin Wxbitcoin — versions 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-4684?
- CVE-2012-4684 is a vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core, classified under CWE-399. Published 2013-03-12.
- Is CVE-2012-4684 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.