Out-of-Bounds Affecting bitcoin/bitcoin package, versions [,0.3.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BITCOINBITCOIN-3003872
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Aug 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Aug 2012

CVE-2010-5140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bitcoin/bitcoin to version 0.3.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.13 do not properly handle bitcoins associated with Bitcoin transactions that have zero confirmations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid-transaction flood) by sending low-valued transactions without transaction fees.

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