CVE-2012-1910
high
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5
Description
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 0.6.x before 0.6.0rc4 on Windows does not use MinGW multithread-safe exception handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Bitcoin protocol messages.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8864019f6d88b13d3442843d9e6ebeb8dd938831
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitcoin | bitcoin-qt | 0.5.0 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin-qt | 0.5.0.4 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin-qt | 0.5.1 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin-qt | 0.5.3.0 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.0 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.1 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.2 | |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0 | |
References
- http://gavintech.blogspot.com/2012/03/full-disclosure-bitcoin-qt-on-windows.html
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=69120.0
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8864019f6d88b13d3442843d9e6ebeb8dd938831
- http://gavintech.blogspot.com/2012/03/full-disclosure-bitcoin-qt-on-windows.html
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=69120.0
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
- https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8864019f6d88b13d3442843d9e6ebeb8dd938831
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.