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high 7.5

CVE-2018-19184 json

Go Ethereum Denial of Service

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-9h4h-8w5p-f28w , GO-2022-0814 , EUVD-2021-1302

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

cmd/evm/runner.go in Go Ethereum (aka geth) 1.8.17 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SEGV) via crafted bytecode.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum 1.8.14
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20250807T150727-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15424-1

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Exploit prediction

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/issues/18069 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
<1.8.14
1.8.14

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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