CVE-2018-13653 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2018-13653
Vulnerability Scoring

7.5
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2018-13653 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2018-13653 Details

Status: Modified

Last updated: 🕞 21 Nov 2024, 03:47 UTC
Originally published on: 🕕 09 Jul 2018, 06:29 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 2326 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

nvd@nist.gov

CVSS3 Type

Primary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2018-13653 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-13653: The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for ipshoots, 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.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2018-13653

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2018-13653 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2018-13653

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2018-13653 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2018-13653, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2018-13653, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2018-13653 has no significant impact on data confidentiality.
  • Integrity: High
    CVE-2018-13653 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2018-13653 does not impact system availability.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.

EPSS Score: 0.15% (probability of exploit)

EPSS Percentile: 52.57% (lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 47.43% of others.

CVE-2018-13653 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CAPEC Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification

  • Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-92 This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:ipshoots_project:ipshoots:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:ipshoots_project:ipshoots:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Protect Your Infrastructure against CVE-2018-13653: Combat Critical CVE Threats

Stay updated with real-time CVE vulnerabilities and take action to secure your systems. Enhance your cybersecurity posture with the latest threat intelligence and mitigation techniques. Develop the skills necessary to defend against CVEs and secure critical infrastructures. Join the top cybersecurity professionals safeguarding today's infrastructures.

Other 5 Recently Published CVEs Vulnerabilities

  • CVE-2025-6600 – An exposure of sensitive information vulnerability was identified in GitHub Enterprise Server that could allow an attacker to disclose the names of...
  • CVE-2025-53104 – gluestack-ui is a library of copy-pasteable components & patterns crafted with Tailwind CSS (NativeWind). Prior to commit e6b4271, a command inject...
  • CVE-2025-48379 – Pillow is a Python imaging library. In versions 11.2.0 to before 11.3.0, there is a heap buffer overflow when writing a sufficiently large (>64k en...
  • CVE-2025-46259 – Missing Authorization vulnerability in POSIMYTH Innovation The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Contro...
  • CVE-2025-27153 – Escalade GLPI plugin is a ticket escalation process helper for GLPI. Prior to version 2.9.11, there is an improper access control vulnerability. Th...