CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10724

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
bitcoin-qtNVD
Affected:< 0.13.0Fixed in:0.13.0CVE-2016-10724derived from NVD
bitcoin coreNVD
Affected:< 0.13.0Fixed in:0.13.0CVE-2016-10724derived from NVD
bitcoindNVD
Affected:< 0.13.0Fixed in:0.13.0CVE-2016-10724derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days
81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory1
Other references2

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