CVE-2016-10724
Bitcoin 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,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Bitcoin 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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.28% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- bitcoin/bitcoin core · bitcoin/bitcoin-qt · bitcoin/bitcoind
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_ExposuresVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_ExposuresVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension
- https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.