CVE-2018-12018

HIGH

Go Ethereum <1.8.11 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 6 stars
by k3v142 · poc
https://github.com/k3v142/CVE-2018-12018

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.1217
EPSS Percentile 93.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-129
Status published
Products (2)
ethereum/go-ethereum 0 - 1.8.11Go
ethereum/go_ethereum < 1.8.11
Published Jul 05, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026