PT-2012-1351 · Bitcoin · Bitcoind

Published 2012-08-06 · Updated 2025-05-06 · CVE-2010-5139

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bitcoind versions prior to 0.3.11

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass intended economic restrictions and create many bitcoins via a crafted Bitcoin transaction. This bug was announced on 2010-8-15 and resulted in the minting of 184 billion BTC, requiring a chain roll back.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.3.11, update to version 0.3.11 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the creation of crafted Bitcoin transactions until a patch is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-5139

Affected Products

Bitcoind

References · 8

• 🔥 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=822.0 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5139 · Security Note
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/lildondiablo/status/1690930239969386496 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/leo_haf/status/1689006055169368064 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/leet_juk/status/1690862351187169280 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/czechmubarak/status/1693913685494833235 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/collectarmind/status/1919593475638460616 · Twitter Post