CVE-2024-52922 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a Bitcoin Core node to delay downloading the latest block by stalling peer communications, leading to 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-2024-52922?
CVE-2024-52922 is a medium-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 25.1, an attacker can cause a node to not download the latest block, because there can be minutes of delay when an announcing peer stalls instead of complying with the peer-to-peer protocol specification.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52922?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bitcoin Bitcoin Core.
How do I fix CVE-2024-52922?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52922 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-2024-52922 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52922 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Bitcoin Core
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3fvw-4j76-wpj7.