CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-12119.md

### [CVE-2017-12119](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12119)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=CPP-Ethereum&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=Ethereum%20commit%204e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=denial%20of%20service&color=brightgreen)

### Description

An exploitable unhandled exception vulnerability exists in multiple APIs of CPP-Ethereum JSON-RPC. Specially crafted JSON requests can cause an unhandled exception resulting in denial of service. An attacker can send malicious JSON to trigger this vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0471

#### Github
- https://github.com/demining/Solidity-Forcibly-Send-Ether-Vulnerability