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CVE-2018-16733

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

In Go Ethereum (aka geth) before 1.8.14, TraceChain in eth/api_tracer.go does not verify that the end block is after the start block.

Affected products

• ethereum go-ethereum: before 1.8.14 — fixed in 1.8.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ethereum go-ethereum 1.8.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/106d196ec4a6451efedc60ab15957f231fa85639
• https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/106d196ec4a6451efedc60ab15957f231fa85639

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