{"cve":"CVE-2016-10724","nvd":{"published":"2018-07-05T22:29:00.233","modified":"2026-06-17T00:40:14.213","status":"Modified","description":"Bitcoin Core before v0.13.0 allows denial of service (memory exhaustion) triggered by the remote network alert system (deprecated since Q1 2016) if an attacker can sign a message with a certain private key that had been known by unintended actors, because of an infinitely sized map. This affects other uses of the codebase, such as Bitcoin Knots before v0.13.0.knots20160814 and many altcoins.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-400"],"references":["https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure","https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures","https://github.com/JinBean/CVE-Extension","https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-July/016189.html","https://bitcoin.org/en/posts/alert-key-and-vulnerabilities-disclosure"],"products":["bitcoin:bitcoin-qt","bitcoin:bitcoin_core","bitcoin:bitcoind"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:51:47.459859389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-10724","score":0.02281,"percentile":0.83144,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}