CVE-2017-16930
The remote management interface on the Claymore Dual GPU miner 10.1 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a stack-based buffer overflow in the request handler.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 34.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The remote management interface on the Claymore Dual GPU miner 10.1 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a stack-based buffer overflow in the request handler. This can be exploited via a long API request that is mishandled during logging.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 34.34% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 7 December 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- claymore dual miner project/claymore dual miner
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 19.9% on 21 September 2026 to 34.3% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-16930Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43231/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-16930Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43231/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.