CVE-2012-4684

Summary

CVECVE-2012-4684
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-12 11:28:18 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a valid modified signature for a circulating alert.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin-qt 0.6.3 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoind 0.6.3 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.3.10 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.3.11 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.3.12 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.3.4 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.3.5 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.3.8 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.0 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.1 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.1 rc6 All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.2 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.3 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.4 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.4 rc2 All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.5 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.6 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.4.7 rc2 All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.5.0 rc All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.5.3 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.5.3.1 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.5.4 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.5.5 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.5.6 rc2 All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.1 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.2 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.3 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.4 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.5 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.6 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.7 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.0.8 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.1 All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core 0.6.2 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.3.10 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.3.11 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.3.4 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.3.5 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.3.8 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.4.0 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.4.1 All All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.4.1 rc6 All All
Application Bitcoin Wxbitcoin 0.5.0 rc All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bitcointalk.org/index.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitcointalk.org
CVE-2012-4684 - Bitcoin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 en.bitcoin.it
bitcointalk.org/index.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitcointalk.org
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures - Bitcoin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 en.bitcoin.it
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