CVE-2012-4684 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2012-4684

The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports...

Vulnerability 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.

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.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bitcoin-qt, bitcoin core, bitcoind, wxbitcoin
Vulnerable Versions:
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, 0.4.2, 0.4.3, 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

Timeline

Official Publish: March 12th, 2013
Last Modified: September 16th, 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.