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.
Published: 2013-03-12
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4609 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.
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Bitcoin Bitcoin-qt Bitcoin Core Bitcoind Wxbitcoin
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:36:40.543Z

Reserved: 2012-08-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4684

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-03-12T11:28:18.313

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4684

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