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CVE-2013-10006: Ziftr primecoin bitcoinrpc.cpp HTTPAuthorized timing discrepancy

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-208

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ziftr primecoin up to 0.8.4rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HTTPAuthorized of the file src/bitcoinrpc.cpp. The manipulation of the argument strUserPass/strRPCUserColonPass leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.8.4rc2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217171.

Affected products

• Ziftr primecoin: before 0.8.4; 0.8.4-rc1 — fixed in 0.8.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ziftr primecoin 0.8.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/commit/cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322
• https://github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/releases/tag/v0.8.4rc2
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217171
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217171
• https://github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/commit/cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322
• https://github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/releases/tag/v0.8.4rc2
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217171
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217171

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