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CVE-2017-12118

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_stop API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). An attacker can send JSON to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Talos CPP-Ethereum: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0470
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0470

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