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

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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.