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CVE-2017-14457

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CVE-2017-14457

Published: Jan 19, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.2

HIGH

Description

An exploitable information leak/denial of service vulnerability exists in the libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine) `create2` opcode handler of CPP-Ethereum. A specially crafted smart contract code can cause an out-of-bounds read leading to memory disclosure or denial of service. An attacker can create/send malicious a smart contract to trigger this vulnerability.

VendorProductVersions

Talos

CPP-Ethereum

affected
Ethereum commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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