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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 :

April 29, 2026, 1:13 a.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 26 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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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: 3 days, 23 hours 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.
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guidoalejo/Blockchain-Foundations-I

Educational SHA-256 and Merkle tree library for blockchain cryptography

Python

Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 21, 2026, 3:55 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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hexisteme/fln

Falsifier Ledger Network — wire format + tooling that binds decisions to falsifier + causal DAG + Merkle anchor + Bayesian decay

Rust Python Shell

Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 21, 2026, 2:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Vadale/penumbra-arena

Privacy-preserving perpetual multi-agent arena — learning project

benchmark blockchain ckks cyber-range dataset differential-privacy federated-learning homomorphic-encryption mappo multi-agent post-quantum privacy-preserving reinforcement-learning research zk-snark

HTML TypeScript CSS Just Python Circom Shell Makefile

Updated: 4 days, 12 hours ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 20, 2026, 9:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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cthiriet/btcmini

Minimal Bitcoin in one Python file, for learning. Legacy P2PKH only — secp256k1 from scratch, Script VM, sighash, UTXO, PoW, reorgs, mempool. Plus walkthrough notebooks.

bitcoin blockchain cryptography from-scratch

Jupyter Notebook Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 5, 2026, 12:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Greco-Italico/conrrad-sdk

Kernell Agent Protocol (KAP) Public SDK for verifiable Layer 2 Escrows and M2M Commerce.

Python Rust Dockerfile Shell TypeScript Go HTML

Updated: 1 week ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 14, 2026, 3:03 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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xbtlin/findata-guard

Financial data integrity & validation framework — exact arithmetic, Merkle audit trails, Benford's Law analysis

Python

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2026, 7:21 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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comwanga/pqrascv-core

Hardware-rooted, post-quantum remote attestation (ML-DSA) and supply-chain verification (SLSA). Includes a Sovereign Bitcoin Node architecture with deterministic quorum consensus and OP_RETURN transparency anchoring.

Rust Makefile DTrace PowerShell

Updated: 3 days, 14 hours ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 3, 2026, 9:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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zenon-portal/zenon-portal.github.io

None

HTML CSS

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 14, 2026, 9:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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speight-wq/merkle-envelope-tools

Offline BSV transaction signing with SPV proof verification. No wallet. No sync. Just math.

HTML JavaScript Python

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 3, 2026, 12:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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speight-wq/merkle-envelope-tools

Offline BSV transaction signing with SPV proof verification. No wallet. No sync. Just math.

HTML JavaScript Python

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 2, 2026, 11:45 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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AmazingAng/rbtc

Bitcoin Core rewritten in Rust — consensus layer + P2P networking

Rust Shell Dockerfile

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
26 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 25, 2026, 2:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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speight-wq/merkle-envelope-tools

Offline BSV transaction signing with Merkle proof verification. Generate proof bundles online, sign transactions air-gapped, broadcast anywhere.

Shell HTML JavaScript

Updated: 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 23, 2026, 10:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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speight-wq/merkle-envelope-tools

Offline BSV transaction signing with Merkle proof verification. Air-gapped workflow, zero dependencies and pure JavaScript.

Shell HTML JavaScript

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 15, 2026, 8:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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swesmith-repos/fmerg__pymerkle.53d938f0

None

Shell Python

Updated: 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2026, 6:38 p.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.

  • 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.

1.44 }} -0.05%

score

0.80883

percentile