CVE-2012-1910 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in specific versions of Bitcoin-Qt and Bitcoin Core on Windows, stemming from improper multithread-safe exception handling. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary code through specially crafted Bitcoin protocol messages. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:0.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:0.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:0.5.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:0.5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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