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Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CVE-2018-13549

High
7.5/10

Summary

The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for NeuroToken, an Ethereum token, has an integer overflow that allows the owner of the contract to set the balance of an arbitrary user to any value.

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  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound

The software performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control.

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