CVE-2017-12119

7.5 highEPSS 2.1%

High (7.5) in ethereum cpp-ethereum. EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-754
Published: 2018-01-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

ethereum:cpp-ethereum

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0471
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0471

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