Denial of Service Vulnerability in Bitcoin Software by Bitcoin Foundation
CVE-2012-4684

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Key Information:

Vendor

Bitcoin

Status
Wxbitcoin
Bitcoind
Bitcoin-qt
Bitcoin Core
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 March 2013

What is CVE-2012-4684?

The Bitcoin client software, including bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to version 0.7.0, contains a vulnerability in its alert functionality. This issue arises from the software's handling of character representations of signature data. By exploiting this vulnerability, remote attackers can craft a valid, modified signature to trigger a denial of service condition, leading to potential resource consumption issues that may disrupt normal operations.

References

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2012-4684
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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8392.0
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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