CVE-2010-5140

Published: Aug 6, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.13 do not properly handle bitcoins associated with Bitcoin transactions that have zero confirmations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid-transaction flood) by sending low-valued transactions without transaction fees.

Affected (12)

Products: Bitcoin: Bitcoin Core, Wxbitcoin

Bitcoin

2 products

Bitcoin Core

Wxbitcoin

Configuration A

12 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Bitcoin Bitcoin Core	Up to 0.3.12
Bitcoin Bitcoin Core	Version 0.3.10
Bitcoin Bitcoin Core	Version 0.3.11
Bitcoin Bitcoin Core	Version 0.3.4
Bitcoin Bitcoin Core	Version 0.3.5
Bitcoin Bitcoin Core	Version 0.3.8
Bitcoin Wxbitcoin	Up to 0.3.12
Bitcoin Wxbitcoin	Version 0.3.10
Bitcoin Wxbitcoin	Version 0.3.11
Bitcoin Wxbitcoin	Version 0.3.4
Bitcoin Wxbitcoin	Version 0.3.5
Bitcoin Wxbitcoin	Version 0.3.8

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1306.0

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1306.0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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