Critical severity10.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-14451
CVE-2017-14451
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.
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Affected products
2- CPP-Ethereum/libevm (Ethereum Virtual Machine)description
Patches
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References
1- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0500nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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