CVE-2016-10725
HIGHBitcoin Core < 0.13.0 - Alert System Denial of Service via Non-Final Alert Blocking
Title source: llmDescription
In Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0, a non-final alert is able to block the special "final alert" (which is supposed to override all other alerts) because operations occur in the wrong order. This behavior occurs in the remote network alert system (deprecated since Q1 2016). This affects other uses of the codebase, such as Bitcoin Knots before v0.13.0.knots20160814 and many altcoins.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0250
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-310
Status
published
Products (3)
bitcoin/bitcoin-qt
< 0.13.0
bitcoin/bitcoin_core
< 0.13.0
bitcoin/bitcoind
< 0.13.0
Published
Jul 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026