Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This issue affects old Bitcoin Core software builds. A remote party could make an affected node crash, causing service disruption rather than theft or code execution based on the provided sources.
Executive priority
Treat this as a legacy resilience issue. Prioritize if the organization still operates old Bitcoin nodes supporting business, custody, or monitoring workflows.
Technical view
CVE-2013-5700 is a denial-of-service flaw in the Bloom Filter implementation of bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt 0.8.x before 0.8.4rc1. The reported failure mode is a divide-by-zero error and daemon crash after a crafted message sequence.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt 0.8.x before 0.8.4rc1 is still running. Current exposure cannot be inferred from the provided affected-product metadata, which is incomplete.
Exploitation context
The sources describe remote denial of service, but do not show active exploitation. The CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle.
Researcher notes
The public record is sparse: no CVSS, CWE, detailed affected CPEs, or active exploitation evidence are provided. Analysis should stay scoped to remote daemon crash risk in 0.8.x before 0.8.4rc1.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory any bitcoind or Bitcoin-Qt deployments.
- Identify versions older than 0.8.4rc1 within the 0.8.x line.
- Check Bitcoin project guidance before selecting a remediation path.
- Upgrade affected legacy nodes to a fixed supported version where feasible.
- Reduce unnecessary peer exposure for legacy nodes pending remediation.
Validation and detection
- Confirm installed bitcoind and Bitcoin-Qt versions from asset records.
- Verify whether any 0.8.x deployments predate 0.8.4rc1.
- Check service logs for unexplained daemon crashes around peer activity.
- Confirm remediation against the Bitcoin CVE reference and release guidance.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_ExposuresCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=287351CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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