What is CVE-2018-19183?

CVE-2018-19183 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ethereumjs-Vm Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-11-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-19183?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Ethereumjs-Vm Project

CVE-2018-19183

ethereumjs-vm 2.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (vm.runCode failure and REVERT) via a "code: Buffer.from(my_code, 'hex')" attribute. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because REVERT is a normal bytecode that can be triggered from high-level source code, leading to a normal programmatic execution result.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.031 (86.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Ethereumjs-vm_project Ethereumjs-vm — versions 2.4.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-19183?: CVE-2018-19183 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ethereumjs-Vm Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-11-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-19183?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.