What is CVE-2024-52922?

CVE-2024-52922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Core. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-11-18.

How severe is CVE-2024-52922?

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

Vulnerability in Bitcoin Core

CVE-2024-52922

In Bitcoin Core before 25.1, an attacker can cause a node to not download the latest block, because there can be minutes of delay when an announcing peer stalls instead of complying with the peer-to-peer protocol specification.

EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Bitcoin Bitcoin_core
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-52922?: CVE-2024-52922 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Core. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-11-18.
How severe is CVE-2024-52922?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.