Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2018-11329

Ethereum Game Ether Cartel 'DrugDealer' Function Vulnerability

Published May 22, 2018 · catalog updated May 22, 2018 · Ethereum Game Ether Cartel

Patch now

CVE-2018-11329 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Ethereum Game Ether Cartel against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Ethereum Game Ether Cartel).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.87%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor ethercartel ether_cartel

The DrugDealer function of a smart contract implementation for Ether Cartel, an Ethereum game, allows attackers to take over the contract's ownership, aka ceoAnyone. After that, all the digital assets (including Ether balance and tokens) might be manipulated by the attackers, as exploited in the wild in May 2018.

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  • vendor ethercartel ether_cartelversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-11329

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-11329 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Ethereum Game Ether Cartel against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.87%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 22, 2018 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The DrugDealer function of a smart contract implementation for Ether Cartel, an Ethereum game, allows attackers to take over the contract's ownership, aka ceoAnyone. After that, all the digital assets (including Ether balance and tokens) might be manipulated by the attackers, as exploited in the wild in May 2018.

  2. May 22, 2018 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-11329

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-11329

    30-day exploitation probability 0.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-11329

    The DrugDealer function of a smart contract implementation for Ether Cartel, an Ethereum game, allows attackers to take over the contract's ownership, aka ceoAnyone. After that, all the digital assets (including Ether balance and tokens) might be manipulated by the attackers, as

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.