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CVE-2013-2272

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD

The penny-flooding protection mechanism in the CTxMemPool::accept method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc1, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc1, 0.6.0 before 0.6.0.11rc1, 0.6.1 through 0.6.5 before 0.6.5rc1, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc1 allows remote attackers to determine associations between wallet addresses and IP addresses via a series of large Bitcoin transactions with insufficient fees.

Key facts

CVSS score
5.0 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
EPSS score
1.9% (80th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-2218)
Published
March 12, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2218 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
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  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
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  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin core
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
  • bitcoin / bitcoind
  • bitcoin / bitcoind
  • bitcoin / bitcoind
  • bitcoin / bitcoind
  • bitcoin / bitcoind

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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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