CVE-2010-5138 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-5138

wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.3.x allow remote attackers to cause a...

Vulnerability Description

wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.3.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (electricity consumption) via a Bitcoin transaction containing multiple OP_CHECKSIG script opcodes.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bitcoin core, wxbitcoin
Vulnerable Versions:
0.3.4, 0.3.5

Timeline

Official Publish: August 6th, 2012
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.