Developers disclose vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Core v25.0, urging node operators to update software for fixes

News on October 13, Bitcoin developers have once again disclosed the details of a serious software vulnerability. According to senior Core developers, more than 13% of home and commercial computers worldwide that execute Bitcoin rules are vulnerable to Remote Shutdown. The vulnerability is named CVE-2024-35202, affecting Bitcoin nodes running versions prior to Core software 25.0. Nodes that have not been updated to at least version 25.0 would allow attackers to remotely exploit assertions in the software logic processing 'blocktxn' messages. It's worth noting that this vulnerability offers almost no economic benefit for ordinary attackers.