CVE-2010-5138

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.3.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (electricity consumption) via a Bitcoin transaction containing multiple OP_CHECKSIG script opcodes.

wxBitcoin y bitcoind v0.3.x permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de electricidad) a través de una transacción Bitcoin que contiene múltiples códigos de operación OP_CHECKSIG.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-05-29 CVE Reserved
2012-08-06 CVE Published
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2025-04-03 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs	2020-03-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Bitcoin Core Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core"				0.3.4 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core" and version "0.3.4"		-		Affected
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Bitcoin Core Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core"				0.3.5 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Bitcoin Core" and version "0.3.5"		-		Affected
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Wxbitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Wxbitcoin"				0.3.4 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Wxbitcoin" and version "0.3.4"		-		Affected
Bitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin"		Wxbitcoin Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Wxbitcoin"				0.3.5 Search vendor "Bitcoin" for product "Wxbitcoin" and version "0.3.5"		-		Affected