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TI-2016-08764 Aliases CVE-2016-10724GHSA-8m3j-gq35-pv88

Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0 allows denial of service (memory exhaustion) triggered by the…

Priority LOW 37CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0 allows denial of service (memory exhaustion) triggered by the remote network alert system (deprecated since Q1 2016) if an attacker can sign a message with a certain private key that had been known by unintended actors, because of an infinitely sized map. This affects other uses of the codebase, such as Bitcoin Knots before v0.13.0.knots20160814 and many altcoins.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02281 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
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 · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.13.0VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.13.0VulnerableBitcoin
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.13.0VulnerableBitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.13.0 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.13.0 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin
  • cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.13.0 Vulnerable ·Bitcoin

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10724
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8m3j-gq35-pv88

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2012-01689 Bitcoin-Qt 0.5.0.x before 0.5.0.5; 0.5.1.x, 0.5.2.x, and 0.5.3.x before 0.5.3.1; and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2013-02042 bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt 0.8.0 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2012-03992 The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2016-08765 In Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0, a non-final alert is able to block the special "final… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2013-02809 bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc2, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc2, 0.6.x before 0.6.5rc2… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
  • TI-2013-02043 The CTransaction::FetchInputs method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.8.0rc1 copies… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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