CVE-2012-1909Patch(bitcoin / bitcoin_core)

LOWCVSS 5.0 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch bitcoin bitcoin_core systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

The Bitcoin protocol, as used in bitcoind before 0.4.4, wxBitcoin, Bitcoin-Qt, and other programs, does not properly handle multiple transactions with the same identifier, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unspendable transaction) by leveraging the ability to create a duplicate coinbase transaction.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-16

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • bitcoin_core
  • wxbitcoin

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
bitcoin_corewxbitcoin

8 versions affected across 2 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-09-04: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-09-04: 109-04
Signal classification1 categories
Patch
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • Luke Dashjr@LukeDashjr
    Patch

    @JoshuaFortezza I would say Bitcoin 1.0 was with Bitcoin Core 0.6.0 (2012) fixing CVE-2012-1909 Then Bitcoin 2.0 was the block size increase in 2013 (Bitcoin Core 0.8.1). And BLAKE2b brings Bitcoin to 3.0.

    Post summary

    The tweet notes that Bitcoin Core 0.6.0 (2012) fixed CVE‑2012‑1909, indicating the vulnerability was addressed by a patch.

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CPE platform detail12 entries

12 of 12 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core---
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core---
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.3.10--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.3.11--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.3.12--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.3.4--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.3.5--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.3.8--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.4.0--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.4.1--
Appbitcoinbitcoin_core0.4.1--
Appbitcoinwxbitcoin---

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