CVE-2016-10724

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      "value": "Bitcoin Core en versiones anteriores a la v0.13.0 permite una denegación de servicio (DoS) desencadenada por el sistema de alertas de red remoto (obsoleto desde el primer trimestre de 2016) si un atacante puede firmar un mensaje con una clave privada determinada que sea conocida por actores no planeados debido a un mapa de tamaño infinito. Esto afecta a otros usos del código base, como Bitcoin Knots en versiones anteriores a la v0.13.0.knots20160814 y otros altcoins."
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