Denial of Service Vulnerability in Bitcoin Core and Related Altcoins
CVE-2016-10724

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Bitcoin

Status
Bitcoin Core
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 July 2018

What is CVE-2016-10724?

A vulnerability in Bitcoin Core prior to version 0.13.0 allows for a denial of service due to memory exhaustion. This is triggered by the deprecated remote network alert system, where an attacker can exploit an infinitely sized map if they can sign a message with a specific private key that is known to unintended parties. This issue also extends to Bitcoin Knots versions before 0.13.0.knots20160814 and impacts various altcoins utilizing this codebase.

References

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2...
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https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exp...
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https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2016-10724 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in Bitcoin Core and Related Altcoins