CVE-2010-5139: Bitcoin Core

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in wxBitcoin and bitcoind before 0.3.11 allows remote attackers to bypass intended economic restrictions and create many bitcoins via a crafted Bitcoin transaction.

Affected products

  • Bitcoin Bitcoin Core: up to and including 0.3.10; version 0.3.4 only; version 0.3.5 only; version 0.3.8 only
  • Bitcoin Wxbitcoin: up to and including 0.3.10; version 0.3.4 only; version 0.3.5 only; version 0.3.8 only

Published 2012-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.