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CVE-2016-10724

N/A
Published: July 5, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorBitcoin CoreBitcoin QtBitcoind

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0 allows denial of service (memory exhaustion) triggered by the remote network alert system (deprecated since Q1 2016) if an attacker can sign a message with a certain private key that had been known by unintended actors, because of an infinitely sized map. This affects other uses of the codebase, such as Bitcoin Knots before v0.13.0.knots20160814 and many altcoins.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Bitcoin Core· Bitcoin
95%
v < 0.13.0
Affected range stops below 0.13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Bitcoin Qt· Bitcoin
95%
v < 0.13.0
Affected range stops below 0.13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Bitcoind· Bitcoin
95%
v < 0.13.0
Affected range stops below 0.13.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400

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