CVE-2015-3641 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service by crashing the Bitcoin client application, affecting users of the desktop software.
- 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-2015-3641?
CVE-2015-3641 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, published on 12 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt prior to 0.10.2 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (disabled functionality such as a client application crash) via an "Easy" attack.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3641?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin Core.
How do I fix CVE-2015-3641?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-3641 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-2015-3641 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3641 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jfw6-954q-w7rj.