CVE-2017-12116 MEDIUM

CVE-2017-12116

Vendor Talos
Product CPP-Ethereum
Published January 19, 2018
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

6.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_setGasPrice API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass. An attacker can send JSON to trigger this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 19, 2018 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated