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, 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 v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html	Third Party Advisory
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension
https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-07-05 15:29

Updated : 2020-03-18 10:07

NVD link : CVE-2016-10724

Mitre link : CVE-2016-10724

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

bitcoin

bitcoin-qt
bitcoin_core
bitcoind

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