The remote management interface on the Claymore Dual GPU miner 10.1 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due…

published 2017-12-05 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-8100

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 34.3%; EPSS 34.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

The remote management interface on the Claymore Dual GPU miner 10.1 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code due to a stack-based buffer overflow in the request handler. This can be exploited via a long API request that is mishandled during logging.

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Timeline

2017-12-05 Published
2017-12-07 First public exploit (EDB-43231)

Exploit prediction

34.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-43231 Claymore Dual ETH + DCR/SC/LBC/PASC GPU Miner - Stack Buffer Overflow / Path Traversal remote, 2017-12-07

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/43231/
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/12/04/3
mailing-list, third-party-advisory
github.com /tintinweb/pub/tree/master/pocs/cve-2017-16930
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-16930
NVD CVE-2017-16930

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