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
Published Mar 12, 2013
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.86%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.6.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.3.5
- 0.3.8
- 0.3.10
- 0.3.11
- 0.3.12
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.4
- 0.4.4
- 0.4.5
- 0.4.6
- 0.4.7
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.3.1
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.5
- 0.5.6
- 0.6.0.1
- 0.6.0.2
- 0.6.0.3
- 0.6.0.4
- 0.6.0.5
- 0.6.0.6
- 0.6.0.7
- 0.6.0.8
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.3.5
- 0.3.8
- 0.3.10
- 0.3.11
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.1
- 0.5.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02857) | 86.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02857) | 84.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.84% (0.00836) | 73.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00920) | 83.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.61% (0.00612) | 78.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00515) | 76.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00435) | 74.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.32% (0.00315) | 69.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00285) | 67.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00920) | 80.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=148109.0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8392.0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2012-4684 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=148109.0 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8392.0 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2012-4684 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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