The alert functionality in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.7.0 supports different character representations of the same signature data, but relies on a hash of this signature, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a valid modified signature for a circulating alert.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-4684 is rated Moderate Risk (62.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.86%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.00% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.86% | 2.86% | +2.00% |
| 2 | 2025-08-16 | 0.84% | 0.86% | +0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.84% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| bitcoin | bitcoin-qt | 0.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin-qt:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.8 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.10 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.11 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.3.12 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.4 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.5 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.6 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.4.7 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.3 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.5.6 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.6:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.0.8 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoin_core | 0.6.2 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | bitcoind | 0.6.3 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoind:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.8 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.10 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.3.11 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.4.0 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| bitcoin | wxbitcoin | 0.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:* |