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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-2293 · published 12 March 2013

CVE-2013-2293: Bitcoin-qt vulnerability

Bitcoin · Bitcoin Qt

The CTransaction::FetchInputs method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.8.0rc1 copies transactions from disk to memory without incrementally checking for spent prevouts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk I/O consumption) via a Bitcoin transaction with many inputs corresponding to many different parts of the stored block chain.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% · top 15.6% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The CTransaction::FetchInputs method in bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt before 0.8.0rc1 copies transactions from disk to memory without incrementally checking for spent prevouts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk I/O consumption) via a Bitcoin transaction with many inputs corresponding to many different parts of the stored block chain.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=144122
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2013-2293
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs
https://bitcointalk.org/?topic=144122
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVE-2013-2293
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/CVEs

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-2293), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-30). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.