Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting bitcoin/bitcoin package, versions [,0.21-final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-BITCOINBITCOIN-8400322
  • published21 Nov 2024
  • disclosed18 Nov 2024
  • creditpracticalswift

Introduced: 18 Nov 2024

NewCVE-2024-52912  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bitcoin/bitcoin to version 0.21-final or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound in the time offset calculation for newly connecting peers. An attacker can cause a network split.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1