SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-2272

The penny-flooding protection mechanism in the CTxMemPool::accept method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc1, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc1, 0.6.0 before 0.6.0.11rc1, 0.6.1 through 0.6.5 before 0.6.5rc1, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc1 allows remote attackers…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.89%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The penny-flooding protection mechanism in the CTxMemPool::accept method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc1, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc1, 0.6.0 before 0.6.0.11rc1, 0.6.1 through 0.6.5 before 0.6.5rc1, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc1 allows remote attackers to determine associations between wallet addresses and IP addresses via a series of large Bitcoin transactions with insufficient fees.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.89% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-200
Affected
bitcoin/bitcoin-qt · bitcoin/bitcoin core · bitcoin/bitcoind
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.