CVE-2010-5140

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Bitcoin Core: through 0.3.12; 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8, 0.3.10, 0.3.11
Bitcoin Wxbitcoin: through 0.3.12; 0.3.4, 0.3.5, 0.3.8, 0.3.10, 0.3.11

References

http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1306.0
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
http://www.bitcoin.org/smf/index.php?topic=1306.0
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs

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