CVE-2013-2272 Information disclosure in n/a
Remote attackers can link Bitcoin wallet addresses to IP addresses by exploiting a flaw in the mempool fee protection mechanism.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-2272?
CVE-2013-2272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, published on 12 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The penny-flooding protection mechanism in the CTxMemPool::accept method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc1, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc1, 0.6.0 before 0.6.0.11rc1, 0.6.1 through 0.6.5 before 0.6.5rc1, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc1 allows remote attackers to determine associations between wallet addresses and IP addresses via a series of large Bitcoin transactions with insufficient fees.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2272?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin-Qt, Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, Bitcoin Bitcoind.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2272?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2272 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-2272 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2272 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-97cf-hj3f-gxvg.