CVE-2012-4684 | BDVDB-2026-54940 Detail

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#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2012-4684
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=8392.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=148109.0

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12013-03-12Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.