CVE-2017-12116

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    CVE-2017-12116

    Published: 19 Jan 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_setGasPrice API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass. An attacker can send JSON to trigger this vulnerability.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0468

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