CVE-2012-1910

Public Exploit

Description

Bitcoin-Qt 0.5.0.x before 0.5.0.5; 0.5.1.x, 0.5.2.x, and 0.5.3.x before 0.5.3.1; and 0.6.x before 0.6.0rc4 on Windows does not use MinGW multithread-safe exception handling, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted Bitcoin protocol messages.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.99% Top 15%

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8864019f6d88b13d3442843d9e6ebeb8dd938831	patch exploit
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=69120.0
http://gavintech.blogspot.com/2012/03/full-disclosure-bitcoin-qt-on-windows.html
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1910?: CVE-2012-1910 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1910?: To fix CVE-2012-1910, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-1910 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2012-1910 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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