What is CVE-2017-14451?

CVE-2017-14451 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ethereum, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2020-12-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-14451?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-14451 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Ethereum

CVE-2017-14451

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 resu…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.025 (83.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ethereum
N/a Cpp-ethereum — versions Ethereum commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14451?: CVE-2017-14451 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ethereum, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2020-12-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-14451?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-14451 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.