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CVE-2018-3972

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-502

Description

An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the Levin deserialization functionality of the Epee library, as used in Monero 'Lithium Luna' (v0.12.2.0-master-ffab6700) and other cryptocurrencies. A specially crafted network packet can cause a logic flaw, resulting in code execution. An attacker can send a packet to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Getmonero Monero: 0.12.2.0

References

• https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/09/epee-levin-vuln.html
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0637
• https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/09/epee-levin-vuln.html
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0637

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