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CVE-2018-15890: ethereum ethereumj Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-hf4p-jm7r-vjjj
Published 20-06-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-15890 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ethereum ethereumj. EPSS estimates a 2.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.92%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github

Timeline

  1. 20-06-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in EthereumJ 1.8.2. There is Unsafe Deserialization in ois.readObject in mine/Ethash.java and decoder.readObject in crypto/ECKey.java. When a node syncs and mines a new block, arbitrary OS commands can be run on the server.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 2.96% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.92%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Ysoserial

    Maturity: poc

  • githubUnverified

    Ethereumj

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ethereum1 product
Org.ethereum1 product
  • ethereumj-core≤ 1.12.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links