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CVE-2017-12119

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-01-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-754

Description

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.

Affected products

• Talos CPP-Ethereum: all versions

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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