Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-13088 concerns the Futures Pease (FP) Ethereum token contract. Its mintToken function has an integer overflow that can let the contract owner set any user balance to any value. The main business risk is token balance and supply integrity if this specific contract is used or trusted.
Executive priority
Prioritize if your organization holds, lists, integrates, or accounts for FP tokens. Otherwise, this is likely a narrow blockchain-specific issue with limited enterprise urgency based on the provided evidence.
Technical view
The issue is an integer overflow in mintToken within a smart contract implementation for Futures Pease (FP). The CVE states the owner can set an arbitrary user balance to any value. The source bundle does not provide CVSS, CWE, contract address, patch details, or affected version metadata.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to organizations holding, trading, integrating, auditing, or relying on the specific Futures Pease (FP) Ethereum token contract implementation.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or any cited evidence of active exploitation. The described abuse requires owner-level mintToken capability, so risk also depends on owner key control and whether this contract was deployed.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse. The CVE identifies the vulnerable function and impact, but affected vendor/product fields are n/a and no CVSS, CWE, deployed address, exploit evidence, or remediation is included. Validate against the referenced repository and any actual deployed contract before concluding exposure.
Mitigation direction
- Identify whether FP token exposure exists in wallets, exchanges, contracts, or accounting systems.
- Check the project or contract maintainer guidance for any corrected implementation or migration path.
- Treat balances from the affected contract as integrity-risk data until validated.
- Assess owner-key custody and compromise risk for any deployed instance.
- Avoid new integrations with unverified FP contract implementations.
Validation and detection
- Confirm the exact FP contract address and source code before assessing impact.
- Review whether the deployed mintToken logic matches the referenced vulnerable implementation.
- Verify whether mintToken is owner-restricted and who controls that owner role.
- Check whether dependent systems trust FP balances for financial or operational decisions.
- Document absence or presence of vendor patch, migration, or maintainer advisory.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/VenusADLab/EtherTokens/blob/master/TokenERC20/TokenERC20.mdCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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