PT-2018-5654 · Ethereum · Cpp-Ethereum

Published 2018-01-19 · Updated 2023-01-30 · CVE-2017-14457

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: CPP-Ethereum (affected versions not specified)

Description: An exploitable information leak/denial of service issue exists in the libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine) create2 opcode handler. A specially crafted smart contract code can cause an out-of-bounds read, leading to memory disclosure or denial of service. An attacker can create/send malicious smart contract code to trigger this issue.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14457

Affected Products

Cpp-Ethereum

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14457 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102475 · Note
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0503 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/43120 · Telegram Post