CVE-2018-3972 describes a critical code execution vulnerability within the Levin deserialization functionality of the Epee library, impacting Monero 'Lithium Luna' (v0.12.2.0-master-ffab6700) and other cryptocurrencies. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution by sending a specially crafted network packet, indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
0.12.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:getmonero:monero:0.12.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.