CVE-2012-1910

Published: Aug 6, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

Bitcoin-Qt 0.5.0.x before 0.5.0.5; 0.5.1.x, 0.5.2.x, and 0.5.3.x before 0.5.3.1; and 0.6.x before 0.6.0rc4 on Windows does not use MinGW multithread-safe exception handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Bitcoin protocol messages.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

bitcoin

oss-project

bitcoin-qtOn-premLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

bitcoin coreLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8864019f6d88b13d3442843d9e6ebeb8dd938831

github.com

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=69120.0

bitcointalk.org

http://gavintech.blogspot.com/2012/03/full-disclosure-bitcoin-qt-on-windows.html

gavintech.blogspot.com

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