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CVE-2017-15300
The miner statistics HTTP API in EWBF Cuda Zcash Miner Version 0.3.4b hangs on incoming TCP connections until some sort of request is made…
Medium5.3EPSS 1.1%
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- mitre
Description
The miner statistics HTTP API in EWBF Cuda Zcash Miner Version 0.3.4b hangs on incoming TCP connections until some sort of request is made (such as "GET / HTTP/1.1"), which allows for a Denial of Service attack preventing a user from viewing their mining statistics by an attacker opening a session with telnet or netcat and connecting to the miner on the HTTP API port.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://www.legacysecuritygroup.com/cve-2017-15300.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1707546.msg23016970#msg23016970 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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