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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-12119

An exploitable unhandled exception vulnerability exists in multiple APIs of CPP-Ethereum JSON-RPC.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.09%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.09% probability · 81th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-754
Affected
ethereum/cpp-ethereum
Source
talos-cna@cisco.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.