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An integer overflow in the _transfer function of a smart contract implementation for Hexagon (HXG), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to accomplish an unauthorized increase of digital assets by providing a _to argument in conjunction with a large _value argument, as exploited in the wild in May 2018, aka the "burnOverflow" issue

Published May 19, 2018

Description

An integer overflow in the _transfer function of a smart contract implementation for Hexagon (HXG), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to accomplish an unauthorized increase of digital assets by providing a _to argument in conjunction with a large _value argument, as exploited in the wild in May 2018, aka the "burnOverflow" issue.

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Weaknesses (1)

CWE-190

Integer Overflow

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 19, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved May 18, 2018
Link CVE-2018-11239
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Link CVE-2018-11239
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2018-11239