CVE-2012-2459

N/A Unknown
Published: August 06, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.6, 0.5.x before 0.5.5, 0.6.0.x before 0.6.0.7, and 0.6.x before 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (block-processing outage and incorrect block count) via unknown behavior on a Bitcoin network.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=81749
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415973
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=81749
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415973
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.1%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

bitcoin