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CVE-2018-18920

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18920 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Py-EVM v0.2.0-alpha.33, where a crafted vm.execute_bytecode call can lead to an execution failure due to an invalid opcode, potentially allowing smart contracts to run indefinitely without gas payment. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, posing significant impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:py-evm:0.2.0:alpha.33:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0293 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-vqgp-4jgj-5j64high

Py-EVM is vulnerable to arbitrary bytecode injection

Nov 21, 2018

References

github.com / ethereum/py-evm/issues/1448
ExploitThird Party Advisory
twitter.com / AlexanderFisher/status/1060923428641878019
Third Party Advisory
twitter.com / NettaLab/status/1060889400102383617
Third Party Advisory
reddit.com / r/ethereum/comments/9vkk2g/netta_labs_claim_to_have_found_a_vulnerability_in/e9d3wyx
Third Party Advisory