CVE-2018-12959 — The approveAndCall function of a smart contract implementation for Aditus (ADI), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to steal assets (e.g., transfer all contract balances into their account)

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The approveAndCall function of a smart contract implementation for Aditus (ADI), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to steal assets (e.g., transfer all contract balances into their account)

Published Jul 19, 2018

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.93%

Description

The approveAndCall function of a smart contract implementation for Aditus (ADI), an Ethereum ERC20 token, allows attackers to steal assets (e.g., transfer all contract balances into their account).

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.93% 0.00926

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00926

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.93% (0.00926)	59.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.93% (0.00926)	58.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.11% (0.00110)	44.59th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 28, 2024	0.11% (0.00110)	44.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00102)	40.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.42% (0.00416)	10.04th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.42% (0.00416)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (1)

https://github.com/rootclay/Audit-of-smart-contracts/tree/master/0x8810C63470d38639954c6B41AaC545848C46484a
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/rootclay/Audit-of-smart-contracts/tree/master/0x8810C63470d38639954c6B41AaC545848C46484a		x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 19, 2018

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Jun 28, 2018

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2018-12959

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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