CVE-2018-18206 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Bytom clients prior to version 1.0.6, where a flaw in the checkTopicRegister function within p2p/discover/net.go allows for negative index values, leading to a denial-of-service crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a network-exploitable attack with low complexity and high impact on availability, requiring no user interaction or privileges. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bytom:bytom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.