PT-2024-35484 · Unknown · Bitcoin Core

Cory Fields · Published 2024-11-18 · Updated 2024-11-18 · CVE-2024-52916

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Bitcoin Core versions prior to 0.15.0

Description: The issue allows for a denial of service, where an attacker can cause the daemon process to be killed due to an out-of-memory condition by flooding it with minimum difficulty headers.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 0.15.0, update to version 0.15.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-770

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-52916

Affected Products

Bitcoin Core

References · 6

• https://bitcoincore.org/en/2024/07/03/disclose-header-spam · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-52916 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52916 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11271 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1858409203733307671 · Twitter Post
• https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures · Note