Bitcoin Core Bug Lets Malicious Peers Crash Windows and Mac Nodes
Bitcoin Core disclosed a vulnerability allowing malicious peers to crash Windows and macOS nodes through memory exhaustion. A fix is available.
Bitcoin Core has disclosed a bug that lets a malicious peer crash nodes running on Windows and macOS by flooding them into memory exhaustion. The fix is already available, which means the main remaining risk is the operator who never clicks update.The flaw was one of three vulnerabilities disclosed…