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diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 9696b65ea7..39780e1c6d 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ bool MemPoolAccept::PreChecks(ATMPArgs& args, Workspace& ws)
// Do not work on transactions that are too small.
// A transaction with 1 segwit input and 1 P2WPHK output has non-witness size of 82 bytes.
- // Transactions smaller than this are not relayed to reduce unnecessary malloc overhead.
+ // Transactions smaller than this are not relayed to mitigate CVE-2017-12842 by not relaying
+ // 64-byte transactions.
if (::GetSerializeSize(tx, PROTOCOL_VERSION | SERIALIZE_TRANSACTION_NO_WITNESS) < MIN_STANDARD_TX_NONWITNESS_SIZE)
return state.Invalid(ValidationInvalidReason::TX_NOT_STANDARD, false, REJECT_NONSTANDARD, "tx-size-small");