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diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 93a98974eb..34d349e8e9 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -2559,7 +2559,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, const std::string& strCommand, CDataStr
}
AddOrphanTx(ptx, pfrom->GetId());
- // DoS prevention: do not allow mapOrphanTransactions to grow unbounded
+ // DoS prevention: do not allow mapOrphanTransactions to grow unbounded (see CVE-2012-3789)
unsigned int nMaxOrphanTx = (unsigned int)std::max((int64_t)0, gArgs.GetArg("-maxorphantx", DEFAULT_MAX_ORPHAN_TRANSACTIONS));
unsigned int nEvicted = LimitOrphanTxSize(nMaxOrphanTx);
if (nEvicted > 0) {