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CVE-2016-10724

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10724 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0, Bitcoin Knots, and various altcoins. It allows an attacker to trigger memory exhaustion by sending a specially crafted message through the deprecated remote network alert system, provided they possess a specific private key. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 0.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 0.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0228 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bitcoin.org / en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure
en.bitcoin.it / wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
Vendor Advisory
github.com / JinBean/CVE-Extension
lists.linuxfoundation.org / pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html
Third Party Advisory