CVE-2017-12119

HIGH

cpp-ethereum - Denial of Service via Malicious JSON-RPC Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An exploitable unhandled exception vulnerability exists in multiple APIs of CPP-Ethereum JSON-RPC. Specially crafted JSON requests can cause an unhandled exception resulting in denial of service. An attacker can send malicious JSON to trigger this vulnerability.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0471

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0213
EPSS Percentile 79.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-754
Status published
Products (1)
ethereum/cpp-ethereum
Published Jan 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026