Description
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc2, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc2, 0.6.x before 0.6.5rc2, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc2, and wxBitcoin, do not properly consider whether a block's size could require an excessive number of database locks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (split) and enable certain double-spending capabilities via a large block that triggers incorrect Berkeley DB locking.
Published: 2013-08-01
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 6.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-3158 bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc2, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc2, 0.6.x before 0.6.5rc2, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc2, and wxBitcoin, do not properly consider whether a block's size could require an excessive number of database locks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (split) and enable certain double-spending capabilities via a large block that triggers incorrect Berkeley DB locking.
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Bitcoin Bitcoin-qt Bitcoin Core Bitcoind Qitcoin-qt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:24:42.272Z

Reserved: 2013-04-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-3220

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-08-02T12:10:40.467

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

Link: CVE-2013-3220

cve-icon Redhat

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