5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-1909
Bitcoin Duplicate Transaction Denial of Service
Description

The Bitcoin protocol, as used in bitcoind before 0.4.4, wxBitcoin, Bitcoin-Qt, and other programs, does not properly handle multiple transactions with the same identifier, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unspendable transaction) by leveraging the ability to create a duplicate coinbase transaction.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 6, 2012, 4:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 18, 2020, 5:37 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2012-1909 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-1909 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Bitcoin bitcoin_core
2 Bitcoin wxbitcoin
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-1909.

URL Resource
http://r6.ca/blog/20120206T005236Z.html
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=CAPg%2BsBhmGHnMResVxPDZdfpmWTb9uqD0RrQD7oSXBQq7oHpm8g%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=bitcoin-development
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=67738.0
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407793
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0030 Vendor Advisory
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/sipa/bitcoin/commit/a206b0ea12eb4606b93323268fc81a4f1f952531 Exploit Patch

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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uvhw/wallet.cpp

https://uvhw.github.io/bitcoin/

Updated: 2 years ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 9, 2022, 3:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 7 different CVEs too.
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akircanski/coinbugs

common bugs in L1 blockchain implementations

Updated: 2 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 22, 2022, 6:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.
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uvhw/conchimgiangnang

master

C++ HTML M4

Updated: 2 years ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2021, 3:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 46 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-1909 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-1909 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.4.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.4.4
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-1909 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-1909 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

6.23 }} 3.48%

score

0.93732

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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