CVE-2013-3220
bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.4.9rc2, 0.5.x before 0.5.8rc2, 0.6.x before 0.6.5rc2, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3rc2, and wxBitcoin, do not properly consider whether a block's size could require an excessive number of database locks, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (split) and enable certain double-spending capabilities via a large block that triggers incorrect Berkeley DB locking.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-3158)
- Published
- August 2, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-3158 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- bitcoin / bitcoin core
- 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 / bitcoin-qt
- bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
- bitcoin / bitcoin-qt
- bitcoin / bitcoind
- bitcoin / bitcoind
and 13 more…
References
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BIP_0050(Vendor Advisory)
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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