PT-2012-1350 · Wxbitcoin+1 · Wxbitcoin+1

Published 2012-08-06 · Updated 2020-03-18 · CVE-2010-5138

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bitcoind versions 0.3.x wxBitcoin (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically increased electricity consumption, by sending a Bitcoin transaction that contains multiple OP CHECKSIG script opcodes.

Recommendations For bitcoind versions 0.3.x, update to a version that does not contain this issue. For wxBitcoin, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5138

Affected Products

Bitcoind

Wxbitcoin

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5138 · Security Note
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs · Vendor Advisory