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CVE-2018-15890

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15890 describes an Unsafe Deserialization vulnerability in EthereumJ versions up to 1.8.2, specifically within the mine/Ethash.java and crypto/ECKey.java components. This critical flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands on a server when a node syncs and mines a new block, leading to complete compromise of the system. While the CVSS score is 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a severe risk, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:ethereumj:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0296 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-hf4p-jm7r-vjjjcritical

Deserialization of Untrusted Data in EthereumJ

Jul 26, 2019

References

github.com / ethereum/ethereumj
Product
github.com / ethereum/ethereumj/issues/1161
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / frohoff/ysoserial
ExploitThird Party Advisory