CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-14451

10.0 CRITICAL Published 2020-12-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2020-12-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
10.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine) of CPP-Ethereum. A specially crafted smart contract code can cause an out-of-bounds read which can subsequently trigger an out-of-bounds write resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can create/send malicious smart contract to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• ethereum ethereum

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References