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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-2459 EUVD-2012-2445GHSA-mq4w-g4j3-x676

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 allow…

Published Aug 6, 2012 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 3 repositories

  • GJ504b123/merkle-lab ★ 0 · Oct 14, 2026

    针对比特币 Merkle 根算法（含 CVE-2012-2459 变异检测机制）设计并实施自动化测试方案，覆盖功能正确性、边界场景与安全回归。

  • condeDeveloper/arvore-merkle ★ 0 · Sep 25, 2026

    Arvore de Merkle do zero em C# e .NET 8: provas de pertencimento, esquemas Bitcoin e RFC 6962, e a CVE-2012-2459 demonstrada

  • systemslibrarian/crypto-lab-merkle-proofs ★ 0 · Jun 28, 2026

    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.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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