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TI-2012-01688 Aliases CVE-2012-1909GHSA-77f9-3fqp-c88c

The Bitcoin protocol, as used in bitcoind before 0.4.4, wxBitcoin, Bitcoin-Qt, and other…

Priority LOW 28CWE-16Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Bitcoin protocol, as used in bitcoind before 0.4.4, wxBitcoin, Bitcoin-Qt, and other programs, does not properly handle multiple transactions with the same identifier, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unspendable transaction) by leveraging the ability to create a duplicate coinbase transaction.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02928 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 12

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.4.4VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.4VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.5VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.8VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.10VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.11VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.12VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.0VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.1VulnerableBitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.4.4 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.4 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.5 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.8 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.10 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.11 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.12 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.0 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.1 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
Show 2 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.1 rc6VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableBitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.1 rc6 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Bitcoin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-1909
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77f9-3fqp-c88c

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 4

  • TI-2023-18826 Memory management and protection issues in Bitcoin Core v22 allows attackers to modify… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-12251 Bitcoin Core 0.14.x before 0.14.3, 0.15.x before 0.15.2, and 0.16.x before 0.16.3 and… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-23274 Bitcoin Core before 25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (blocktxn… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-35417 Bitcoin Core before 0.20.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-35412 Bitcoin Core before 0.20.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-15274 Bitcoin Core before 24.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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