setaccount should return if an invalid address is provided.

This prevents setaccount from creating new accounts which do not have any addresses.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rpc.cpp b/rpc.cpp
index 1c6f228e5..e01ea0e3b 100644
--- a/rpc.cpp
+++ b/rpc.cpp
@@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ Value setaccount(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
             "Sets the account associated with the given address.");
 
     string strAddress = params[0].get_str();
+    uint160 hash160;
+    bool isValid = AddressToHash160(strAddress, hash160);
+    if (!isValid)
+        throw runtime_error("provided address is not valid");
+
+
     string strAccount;
     if (params.size() > 1)
         strAccount = AccountFromValue(params[1]);