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
Published Mar 12, 2013
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.55%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.4
- 0.4.8
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.0.4
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.3.0
- 0.5.7
- 0.6.0.10
- 0.6.3
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- n/a
- ≤ 0.8.0
- 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
- 0.4.4
- 0.5.7
- 0.6.0.0
- 0.6.0.10
- 0.6.3
- 0.6.4
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
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 | 2.55% (0.02550) | 84.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.55% (0.02550) | 82.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 11, 2025 | 3.80% (0.03797) | 87.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 66.30th | 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) |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00235) | 61.66th | 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) |
References (2)
- https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=140078 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=140078 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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