CVE-2024-52914 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can stall Bitcoin Core nodes for hours by sending crafted unconfirmed transactions, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2024-52914?
CVE-2024-52914 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core, published on 18 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Bitcoin Core before 0.18.0, a node could be stalled for hours when processing the orphans of a crafted unconfirmed transaction.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52914?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin Core.
How do I fix CVE-2024-52914?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52914 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-2024-52914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7ph6-jpfh-8f79.