CVE-2011-4447 | BDVDB-2026-51323 Detail

Description#

The "encrypt wallet" feature in wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.4.x before 0.4.1, and 0.5.0rc, does not properly interact with the deletion functionality of BSDDB, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain unencrypted private keys from Bitcoin wallet files by bypassing the BSDDB interface and reading entries that are marked for deletion.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51604.0
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=51474.0
http://bitcoin.org/releases/2011/11/21/v0.5.0.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12012-08-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-17Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.