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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2012-2459
Bitcoin-Qt Block Processing DOS
Overview
Description

Unspecified vulnerability in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.6, 0.5.x before 0.5.5, 0.6.0.x before 0.6.0.7, and 0.6.x before 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (block-processing outage and incorrect block count) via unknown behavior on a Bitcoin network.

Details
INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

June 16, 2026, 11:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Impact
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-2459 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
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
Scoring
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2012-2459 has a 46 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References
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-2012-2459.

URL Resource
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=81749
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415973
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs Vendor Advisory
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=81749
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415973
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs Vendor Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-2459 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-2012-2459 weaknesses.

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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jpgonzalezra/merkle-tree-rs

Merkle tree library with domain-separated SHA-256 hashing

Rust Python

Updated: 5 days, 10 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2026, 9:16 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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codenlighten/zigchain

None

Zig Rust TLA Shell Python Dockerfile

Updated: 4 days, 16 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2026, 2:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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thickzero/TxEcho

A tiny Bitcoin P2P payment monitor. One Go file, no deps.

Go

Updated: 5 days, 18 hours ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2026, 12:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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sohanmohanty/proof-without-disclosure

Educational cryptography lab: a React website and Python CLI covering hashes, commitments, Merkle proofs, ECDSA signatures, and zero-knowledge, interoperable through a shared format spec.

algorithms cryptography mathematics quantum-computing

Python HTML TypeScript CSS

Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 3, 2026, 9:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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keystone-settlement/keystone

None

Solidity Rust Shell

Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 2, 2026, 11:06 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ajudaanapolis-dev/Keystone

None

Solidity Rust Shell

Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 2, 2026, 2:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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systemslibrarian/crypto-lab-merkle-proofs

Browser-based Merkle tree demo — build a tree, generate inclusion proofs, recompute the root hash by hash, and replay the RFC 6962 second-preimage and CVE-2012-2459 attacks. Real SHA-256. No backend.

certificate-transparency crypto-lab cryptography hash-based inclusion-proof merkle-proof merkle-tree rfc6962 sha256

HTML TypeScript CSS

Updated: 18 hours, 58 minutes ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 28, 2026, 5:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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upbqdn/zebrafm

None

Lean Rust Rocq Prover

Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 25, 2026, 4:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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HarperZ9/forum

Coordinate agent fleets: routing, quality gates, prose contracts, and a replayable hash-chained ledger that preserves plans, evidence, results, and resumable handoffs. Model-agnostic.

ai-agents llm multi-agent orchestration python mcp observability audit-log mcp-server model-context-protocol

Python

Updated: 4 days, 14 hours ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2026, 10:40 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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dedooxyz/zk-scrypt-lightclient

RISC Zero zkVM light client for scrypt-PoW + AuxPoW (Litecoin-family) chains — Dogecoin, Junkcoin. Trustless inbound primitive: verify a deposit's PoW on any EVM chain. Experimental / BUSL-1.1.

auxpow bridge dogecoin light-client litecoin risc0 scrypt zero-knowledge zkvm

Rust

Updated: 3 days, 17 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2026, 11:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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loinguyen1905/pvpi

None

Solidity Shell JavaScript Circom TypeScript HTML CSS Dockerfile

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2026, 6:54 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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adiitsuu-ui/arkos

Arkos — post-quantum cryptocurrency built in Rust

Rust Kotlin Swift Dart HTML Shell Python

Updated: 4 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 12, 2026, 8:26 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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PedroMesaJr/frogas-sentinel

Risk-first autonomous trading agent for BNB Smart Chain

Dockerfile Makefile Shell Python JavaScript HTML

Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 5, 2026, 3:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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ytakahashi2020/markle-tree

Touch-to-understand interactive Merkle Tree demo (bilingual EN/JA)

HTML TypeScript CSS

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 1, 2026, 1:34 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Ifasola34/vrt1-spec

Formal protocol specification for VRT1 (the VERITAS Bitcoin-anchored attestation protocol). Single-file spec, 14 sections, RFC 2119 keywords; ships 7 canonical test vectors generated from the reference implementation with byte-stability enforced in CI. Cites BIP-340, RFC-6962, NIP-01/33, L402. MIT.

Python

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2026, 5:14 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 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-2012-2459 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-2459 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]

    Jun. 16, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'n/a', 'product': 'n/a', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': 'n/a'}]}]
  • Status Change by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=81749
    Added Reference https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415973
    Added Reference https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
  • 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:0.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.4.5 OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.4.5
  • 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:0.4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.4.5 OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 0.4.5
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:0.4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt: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:bitcoin-qt:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 07, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CVSS
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
EPSS
Exploit Prediction

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

3.06 }} 1.61%

score

0.85822

percentile