Added comments referencing multiple CVEs in tests and production code.

This commit adds comments referencing multiple CVEs both in production and test code.
CVEs covered in this commit:

CVE-2010-5137
CVE-2010-5139
CVE-2010-5141
CVE-2012-1909
CVE-2012-2459
CVE-2012-3789
CVE-2018-17144

test/functional/feature_block.py

@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ class FullBlockTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         #
         # Blocks are not allowed to contain a transaction whose id matches that of an earlier,
         # not-fully-spent transaction in the same chain. To test, make identical coinbases;
-        # the second one should be rejected.
+        # the second one should be rejected. See also CVE-2012-1909.
         #
         self.log.info("Reject a block with a transaction with a duplicate hash of a previous transaction (BIP30)")
         self.move_tip(60)

test/functional/mempool_accept.py

@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class MempoolAcceptanceTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             rawtxs=[tx.serialize().hex()],
         )
 
+        # The following two validations prevent overflow of the output amounts (see CVE-2010-5139).
         self.log.info('A transaction with too large output value')
         tx.deserialize(BytesIO(hex_str_to_bytes(raw_tx_reference)))
         tx.vout[0].nValue = 21000000 * COIN + 1

test/functional/p2p_invalid_block.py

@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@ class InvalidBlockRequestTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         block_time = best_block["time"] + 1
 
         # Use merkle-root malleability to generate an invalid block with
-        # same blockheader.
+        # same blockheader (CVE-2012-2459).
         # Manufacture a block with 3 transactions (coinbase, spend of prior
         # coinbase, spend of that spend).  Duplicate the 3rd transaction to
         # leave merkle root and blockheader unchanged but invalidate the block.
+        # For more information on merkle-root malleability see src/consensus/merkle.cpp.
         self.log.info("Test merkle root malleability.")
 
         block2 = create_block(tip, create_coinbase(height), block_time)
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ class InvalidBlockRequestTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
         node.p2p.send_blocks_and_test([block2], node, success=False, reject_reason='bad-txns-duplicate')
 
-        # Check transactions for duplicate inputs
+        # Check transactions for duplicate inputs (CVE-2018-17144)
         self.log.info("Test duplicate input block.")
 
         block2_orig.vtx[2].vin.append(block2_orig.vtx[2].vin[0])