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High · 8.2 CVE-2017-14457 EUVD-2017-5960GHSA-w8h7-7g46-j9v8

An exploitable information leak/denial of service vulnerability exists in the libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine) `create2` opcode handler of…

Published Jan 19, 2018 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by talos

Description

An exploitable information leak/denial of service vulnerability exists in the libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine) `create2` opcode handler of CPP-Ethereum. 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 a smart contract to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Talos CPP-Ethereum Ethereum commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768 —

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