The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for Substratum (SUB), a…
Priority LOW 34Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for Substratum (SUB), a tradable Ethereum ERC20 token, has no period constraint, which allows the owner to increase the total supply of the digital assets arbitrarily so as to make profits, aka the "tradeTrap" issue.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00876 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:substratum:substratum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | Substratum |
- cpe:2.3:a:substratum:substratum:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Substratum
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12079
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mf2h-394p-cq37
References
More Substratum vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-08980 In the mintToken function of a smart contract implementation for Substratum (SUB), an… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2018-08651 The sell function of a smart contract implementation for Substratum (SUB), a tradable… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2018-12079 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-12079 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mf2h-394p-cq37 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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