CVE-2016-10724

Summary

CVECVE-2016-10724
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-05 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-03-18 17:07:00 UTC
DescriptionBitcoin Core before v0.13.0 allows denial of service (memory exhaustion) triggered by the remote network alert system (deprecated since Q1 2016) if an attacker can sign a message with a certain private key that had been known by unintended actors, because of an infinitely sized map. This affects other uses of the codebase, such as Bitcoin Knots before v0.13.0.knots20160814 and many altcoins.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin-qt All All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin-qt All All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoind All All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoind All All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core All All All All
Application Bitcoin Bitcoin Core All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
GitHub - JinBean/CVE-Extension: This repository is an extension of our research on cryptocurrency clones and documents existing vulnerabilities discovered in those clones MISC github.com
Alert Key and Alert System Vulnerabilities Disclosure CONFIRM bitcoin.org
[bitcoin-dev] Alert key disclosure MISC lists.linuxfoundation.org Third Party Advisory
en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures MISC en.bitcoin.it Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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