CVE-2024-55563
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Dec 9, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 4, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 9, 2024
Description
Bitcoin Core through 27.2 allows transaction-relay jamming via an off-chain protocol attack, a related issue to CVE-2024-52913. For example, the outcome of an HTLC (Hashed Timelock Contract) can be changed because a flood of transaction traffic prevents propagation of certain Lightning channel transactions.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures
- https://bitcoincore.org/
- https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/full-disclosure-transaction-relay-throughput-overflow-attacks-against-off-chain-protocols/1305
- https://gnusha.org/pi/bitcoindev/CALZpt+EptER=p+P7VN3QAb9n=dODA9_LnR9xZwWpRsdAwedv=w@mail.gmail.com/T/#u
- https://ariard.github.io/
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