Unscored severity · published Mar 12, 2013
CVE-2013-2292
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt 0.8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (electricity consumption) by mining a block to create a nonstandard Bitcoin…
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CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt 0.8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (electricity consumption) by mining a block to create a nonstandard Bitcoin transaction containing multiple OP_CHECKSIG script opcodes.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Bitcoin Core · Bitcoin
through 0.8.0; 0.3.4; 0.3.5; 0.3.8; 0.3.10; 0.3.11; +27 more · source: NVD
BI
Bitcoin-qt · Bitcoin
0.4; 0.4.8; 0.5.0; 0.5.0.4; 0.5.1; 0.5.3.0; +6 more · source: NVD
BI
Bitcoind · Bitcoin
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-2013-2292
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2292
bitcointalk.org
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=140078
Vendor Advisory
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
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