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CVE-2017-14451

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine) of CPP-Ethereum. A specially crafted smart contract code can cause an out-of-bounds read which can subsequently trigger an out-of-bounds write resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can create/send malicious smart contract to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• CPP-Ethereum: all versions

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0500
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0500

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