Vulnerability in Bitcoin Core
CVE-2013-2292
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt 0.8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (electricity consumption) by mining a block to create a nonstandard Bitcoin transaction containing multiple OP_CHECKSIG script opcodes.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bitcoin Core — versions 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8
- Bitcoin Bitcoind — versions 0.4.4, 0.5.7, 0.6.0.0
- Bitcoin Bitcoin-Qt — versions 0.4, 0.4.8, 0.5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs (Vendor Advisory)
- bitcointalk.org/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-2292?
- CVE-2013-2292 is a vulnerability in Bitcoin Core, classified under CWE-399. Published 2013-03-12.
- Is CVE-2013-2292 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.