PT-2013-5106 · Bitcoin · Bitcoin-Qt

Published 2013-08-01 · Updated 2020-03-18 · CVE-2013-4627

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 Bitcoin-Qt versions 0.8.x

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, by sending a large amount of tx message data.

Recommendations For versions 0.8.x, consider restricting the amount of tx message data that can be processed to prevent excessive memory consumption until a fix is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4627

Affected Products

Bitcoin-Qt

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4627 · Security Note
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures · Note