Security advisory

{
  "id": "3fe2e46f363771eb097689873d316cbe70ad2076b4d0bd7e73d4cd938a8dc959",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19183",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-19183",
    "summary": "ethereumjs-vm 2.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (vm.runCode failure and REVERT) via a \"code: Buffer.from(my_code, 'hex')\" attribute. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because REVERT is a normal bytecode that can be triggered from high-level source code, leading to a normal programmatic execution result.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-19183",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-19183",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-19183",
        "GHSA-2mw7-wggm-m6w3"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "7330c4ace495903748c606a47a8b993812504db8"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "7330c4ace495903748c606a47a8b993812504db8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ethereumjs-vm_project:ethereumjs-vm:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.4.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.4.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.4.0",
            "v4.1.3",
            "v4.1.2",
            "v4.1.1",
            "v4.1.0",
            "v4.0.0-beta.1",
            "v4.0.0",
            "v3.0.0",
            "v2.6.0",
            "v2.5.1",
            "v2.5.0",
            "v2.4.0",
            "v2.3.5",
            "v2.3.4",
            "v2.3.3",
            "v2.3.2",
            "v2.3.1",
            "merkle-patricia-tree@4.2.4",
            "@ethereumjs/vm@5.8.0",
            "@ethereumjs/tx@3.5.1",
            "@ethereumjs/common@2.6.3",
            "@ethereumjs/client@0.4.0",
            "@ethereumjs/blockchain@5.5.2",
            "@ethereumjs/block@3.6.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-19183.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:30.258866630Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/issues/386#issuecomment-439372074",
        "https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-monorepo/issues/395#issuecomment-472449204",
        "https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-vm/issues/386"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-19183",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381768,
  "published_at": "2018-11-12T02:29:00.327+00:00"
}