Buffer overflow in EOS - CVE-2018-1000618
Published: July 9, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36932
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000618
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: EOS Essentials
Affected software:
EOS
EOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
EOSIO/eos eos version after commit f1545dd0ae2b77580c2236fdb70ae7138d2c7168 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in abi_serializer that can result in attack eos network node. This attack appear to be exploitable via network request. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit cf7209e703e6d3f7a5413e0cb1fe88a4d8e4b38d .
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000618
Install update from vendor's website.