Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-4447
CVE-2011-4447
Description
The "encrypt wallet" feature in wxBitcoin and bitcoind 0.4.x before 0.4.1, and 0.5.0rc, does not properly interact with the deletion functionality of BSDDB, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain unencrypted private keys from Bitcoin wallet files by bypassing the BSDDB interface and reading entries that are marked for deletion.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:0.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.4.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:wxbitcoin:0.5.0:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 0.4.x before 0.4.1, 0.5.0rc
- Range: 0.4.x before 0.4.1, 0.5.0rc
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