CVE-2016-10724

Published: Jul 5, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-400

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

bitcoin

oss-project

bitcoin coreLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

bitcoin-qtOn-premLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

bitcoindLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

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References

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html

lists.linuxfoundation.org

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures

en.bitcoin.it

https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension

github.com

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