CVE-2010-5140 (GCVE-0-2010-5140)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-06 16:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
2 references
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| https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1306.0 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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