CVE-2018-12018

Published Jul 5, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The GetBlockHeadersMsg handler in the LES protocol implementation in Go Ethereum (aka geth) before 1.8.11 may lead to an access violation because of an integer signedness error for the array index, which allows attackers to launch a Denial of Service attack by sending a packet with a -1 query.Skip value. The vulnerable remote node would be crashed by such an attack immediately, aka the EPoD (Ethereum Packet of Death) issue.

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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p5gc-957x-gfw9 Go Ethereum LES protocol implementation vulnerable to Denial of Service
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:24 AM
Reserved
Jun 7, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 5, 2018, 2:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:37 AM