Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2018-11687

bitcoin_red_project bitcoin_red Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Published Aug 15, 2018 · catalog updated Aug 15, 2018 · bitcoin_red_project bitcoin_red Integer Overflow

Patch now

CVE-2018-11687 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm bitcoin_red_project bitcoin_red Integer Overflow 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 (bitcoin_red_project bitcoin_red Integer Overflow).
  • 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
1.43%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor bitcoin_red_project bitcoin_red

An integer overflow in the distributeBTR function of a smart contract implementation for Bitcoin Red (BTCR), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows the owner to accomplish an unauthorized increase of digital assets by providing a large address[] array, as exploited in the wild in May 2018, aka the "ownerUnderflow" issue.

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  • vendor bitcoin_red_project bitcoin_redversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-11687

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-11687 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm bitcoin_red_project bitcoin_red Integer Overflow 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 1.43%. 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

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 15, 2018 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    An integer overflow in the distributeBTR function of a smart contract implementation for Bitcoin Red (BTCR), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows the owner to accomplish an unauthorized increase of digital assets by providing a large address[] array, as exploited in the wild in May 2018, aka the "ownerUnderflow" issue.

  2. Aug 15, 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-2018-11687

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-11687

    30-day exploitation probability 1.4%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-11687

    An integer overflow in the distributeBTR function of a smart contract implementation for Bitcoin Red (BTCR), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows the owner to accomplish an unauthorized increase of digital assets by providing a large address[] array, as exploited in the wild in May 20

    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.