What is CVE-2024-52917?

CVE-2024-52917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Core, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-52917?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Bitcoin Core

CVE-2024-52917

Bitcoin Core before 22.0 has a miniupnp infinite loop in which it allocates memory on the basis of random data received over the network, e.g., large M-SEARCH replies from a fake UPnP device.

Published 2024-11-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bitcoin Core

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures (Third Party Advisory)
bitcoincore.org/en/2024/07/31/disclose-upnp-oom/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52917?: CVE-2024-52917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Core, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-52917?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.