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CVE-2012-4684

CVE-2012-4684 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

The 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.

EPSS 0.86% · 75.4th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
7.800000190734863
EPSS Score
0.86%
75.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
bitcoinbitcoin-qt0.6.3
n/an/an/a
bitcoinbitcoin_core0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8
bitcoinbitcoind0.6.3
bitcoinwxbitcoin0.4.0, 0.4.1, 0.4.1

Timeline

  • Mar 12, 2013 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 13, 2022 CVE Updated
  • May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
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