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CVE-2012-2459

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.

  • Published: Aug 6, 2012
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2012-2459
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.3.4 0.3.4.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.3.5 0.3.5.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.3.8 0.3.8.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.3.10 0.3.10.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.3.11 0.3.11.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.3.12 0.3.12.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.4.0 0.4.0.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.4.1 0.4.1.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.4.1-rc6 0.4.1-rc6.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.4.4 0.4.4.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.4.4-rc2 0.4.4-rc2.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core - 0.4.5.x
bitcoin / bitcoin_core 0.5.0-rc 0.5.0-rc.x