High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-11239
CVE-2018-11239
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.
Affected products
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- peckshield.com/2018/05/18/burnOverflow/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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