CVE-2010-5140 — wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.13 do not properly handle bitcoins associated with Bitcoin transactions that have zero confirmations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid-transaction flood) by sending low-valued transactions without transaction fees

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wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.13 do not properly handle bitcoins associated with Bitcoin transactions that have zero confirmations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid-transaction flood) by sending low-valued transactions without transaction fees

Published Aug 6, 2012

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.30%

Description

wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.13 do not properly handle bitcoins associated with Bitcoin transactions that have zero confirmations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid-transaction flood) by sending low-valued transactions without transaction fees.

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.30% 0.02301

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02301

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.30% (0.02301)	82.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.00% (0.01999)	78.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.73% (0.00727)	70.93th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.24% (0.00235)	62.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.20% (0.00200)	57.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.18% (0.00185)	54.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.17% (0.00167)	52.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 27, 2023	0.24% (0.00235)	60.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.24% (0.00241)	60.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1306.0
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1306.0		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 6, 2012

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved May 29, 2012

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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