What is CVE-2016-10725?

CVE-2016-10725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2016-10725?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-10725 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core

CVE-2016-10725

In Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0, a non-final alert is able to block the special "final alert" (which is supposed to override all other alerts) because operations occur in the wrong order. This behavior occurs in the remote network alert sys…

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.025 (82.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10725?: CVE-2016-10725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin_core, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2016-10725?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-10725 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.