NRDAX-T0184 - Orphan Tx Resolution CPU Amplification

compute_amp · active · first seen 2026-07-01

provenance: Reproduced in NullRabbit's attack-reproduction pipeline

mechanism

CVE-2024-52914: orphan-tx re-resolution O(outputs × 100 orphans) of expensive txs → multi-hour CPU stall

instances (1)

chain	primitive	fidelity	origin	reproducer (bundle)	source
litecoin	btc_orphan_cpu	lab	reverse-engineered-cve	btc_orphan_cpu	bitcoincore.org ↗

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cite

https://nrdax.com/techniques/NRDAX-T0184

plain

NRDAX Registry. Technique NRDAX-T0184.

bibtex

@misc{nrdax_NRDAX_T0184,
  title = {Orphan Tx Resolution CPU Amplification (NRDAX-T0184)},
  howpublished = {NRDAX Registry},
  url = {https://nrdax.com/techniques/NRDAX-T0184},
}

json (csl)

{
  "id": "nrdax-NRDAX-T0184",
  "type": "dataset",
  "title": "Orphan Tx Resolution CPU Amplification (NRDAX-T0184)",
  "URL": "https://nrdax.com/techniques/NRDAX-T0184",
  "publisher": "NRDAX Registry"
}