CVE-2024-52917

MEDIUM

Bitcoin Core < 22.0 - Denial of Service via UPnP M-SEARCH Reply Memory Allocation

Title source: llm

Description

Bitcoin Core before 22.0 has a miniupnp infinite loop in which it allocates memory on the basis of random data received over the network, e.g., large M-SEARCH replies from a fake UPnP device.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory

https://bitcoincore.org/en/2024/07/31/disclose-upnp-oom/

Third Party Advisory

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0027

EPSS Percentile 18.1%

Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-770

Status published

Products (1)

bitcoin/bitcoin_core < 22.0

Published Nov 18, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026