VDB-120618 · CVE-2018-13498 · GCVE-0-2018-13498

KAPAYcoin mintToken Smart Contract integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in KAPAYcoin. This vulnerability affects the function mintToken. The manipulation as part of Smart Contract results in integer overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-13498. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in KAPAYcoin (affected version unknown). Affected is the function mintToken. The manipulation as part of a Smart Contract leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for KAPAYcoin, an Ethereum token, has an integer overflow that allows the owner of the contract to set the balance of an arbitrary user to any value.

The bug was discovered 07/03/2018. The weakness was presented 07/09/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-13498 since 07/08/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-120336, VDB-120337, VDB-120338 and VDB-120339 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

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KAPAYcoin

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/03/2018 🔍
07/08/2018 +5 days 🔍
07/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
07/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/27/2020 +598 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-13498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-13498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-120618
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2018 15:59
Updated: 02/27/2020 08:57
Changes: 07/09/2018 15:59 (56), 02/27/2020 08:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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