CVE-2012-1909 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Bitcoin protocol, affecting bitcoind before version 0.4.4, wxBitcoin, Bitcoin-Qt, and other implementations. The flaw allows remote attackers to render transactions unspendable by exploiting the protocol's improper handling of multiple transactions with identical identifiers, specifically through duplicate coinbase transactions. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 0.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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