CVE-2010-5140 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2010-5140

wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.13 do not properly handle bitcoins...

Vulnerability 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.

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, 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8, 0.3.10, 0.3.11

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.