SB2012062001 - Denial of service in Bitcoin-Qt
Published: June 20, 2012 Updated: March 14, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012062001
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4682)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to unknown error that allows a remote attacker to trigger the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.