Unscored severity · published Mar 12, 2013
CVE-2013-2272
The penny-flooding protection mechanism in the CTxMemPool::accept method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc1, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc1, 0.6.0 before 0.6.0.11rc1, 0.6.1 through…
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CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The penny-flooding protection mechanism in the CTxMemPool::accept method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc1, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc1, 0.6.0 before 0.6.0.11rc1, 0.6.1 through 0.6.5 before 0.6.5rc1, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc1 allows remote attackers to determine associations between wallet addresses and IP addresses via a series of large Bitcoin transactions with insufficient fees.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Bitcoin Core · Bitcoin
0.3.4; 0.3.5; 0.3.8; 0.3.10; 0.3.11; 0.3.12; +26 more · source: NVD
BI
Bitcoin-qt · Bitcoin
through 0.4.8; 0.4; 0.5.0; 0.5.0.4; 0.5.1; 0.5.3.0; +6 more · source: NVD
BI
Bitcoind · Bitcoin
through 0.4.4; 0.5.7; 0.6.0.0; 0.6.0.10; 0.6.3; 0.6.4; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2272
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2272
bitcointalk.org
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=135856
en.bitcoin.it
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
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