CVE-2012-4684

The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash…

published March 12, 2013

CVSS
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EPSS
3%
Percentile
86.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a valid modified signature for a circulating alert.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02857 · 86.6th percentile
Published
2013-03-12T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 MAR 10:00Z
    The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash…
    cvelistv5