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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-16733

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.

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CVEs
CVE-2018-16733
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Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 10:17 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-16733

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Sept 2018, 15:29 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2018-16733
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16733",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-16733",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-16733",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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        "GHSA-qr2j-wrhx-4829",
        "GO-2022-0871"
      ],
      "metrics": [
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:04.001415972Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/106d196ec4a6451efedc60ab15957f231fa85639"
      ],
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381219,
  "published_at": "2018-09-08T15:29:00.877+00:00"
}