CVE-2018-12079 Business logic in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

The smart contract owner can arbitrarily increase token supply due to missing constraints, allowing for potential financial manipulation and profit extraction.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-12079?

CVE-2018-12079 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for Substratum (SUB), a tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, has no period constraint, which allows the owner to increase the total supply of the digital assets arbitrarily so as to make profits, aka the "tradeTrap" issue.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12079?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Substratum Substratum.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12079?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12079 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-12079 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12079 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mf2h-394p-cq37.

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