CVE-2012-4682 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Bitcoin clients via unspecified vectors, affecting users running bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4682?
CVE-2012-4682 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, published on 14 Sep 2012. It can be exploited over the network.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4683.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4682?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin Core.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4682?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4682 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-4682 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4682 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rfqp-v6qm-4pcq.