Unscored severity · published Aug 6, 2012
CVE-2012-2459
Unspecified vulnerability in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.6, 0.5.x before 0.5.5, 0.6.0.x before 0.6.0.7, and 0.6.x before 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
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CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.6, 0.5.x before 0.5.5, 0.6.0.x before 0.6.0.7, and 0.6.x before 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (block-processing outage and incorrect block count) via unknown behavior on a Bitcoin network.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Bitcoin Core · Bitcoin
through 0.4.5; 0.3.4; 0.3.5; 0.3.8; 0.3.10; 0.3.11; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2459
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2459
bitcointalk.org
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=81749
bugs.gentoo.org
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415973
Vendor Advisory
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
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