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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2024-52916

CVE-2024-52916

Description

Bitcoin Core before 0.15.0 allows a denial of service (OOM kill of a daemon process) via a flood of minimum difficulty headers.

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Affected products

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Bitcoin Foundation/Bitcoin Core2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:bitcoin:bitcoin_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <0.15.0
- (no CPE)range: <0.15.0
Bitcoin Core/Bitcoin Coredescription

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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bitcoincore.org/en/2024/07/03/disclose-header-spam/nvdVendor Advisory
en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_ExposuresnvdThird Party Advisory

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