CVE-2025-70954
A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the TON Virtual Machine (TVM) within the TON Blockchain before v2025.06.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in the TON Virtual Machine (TVM) within the TON Blockchain before v2025.06. The issue is located in the execution logic of the INMSGPARAM instruction, where the program fails to validate if a specific pointer is null before accessing it. By sending a malicious transaction or smart contract, an attacker can trigger this null pointer dereference, causing the validator node process to crash (segmentation fault). This results in a Denial of Service (DoS) affecting the availability of the entire blockchain network.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.58% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gist.github.com/Lucian-code233/04940a264cab50732cc07fd991749226
- https://github.com/ton-blockchain/ton/commit/9e5109d56bc4f2345a00b2271c3711103841b799
- https://github.com/ton-blockchain/ton/releases/tag/v2025.06#:~:text=AArayz%2C%20wy666444%2C%20Robinlzw%2C%20Lucian-code233
- https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/IbRKrCKdMyIi-azkuqOOvg
- https://www.tonbit.xyz/blog/post/TonBit-Discovers-Critical-Vulnerability-on-TON-Virtual-Machine-for-the-Third-Time-Once-Again-Receiving-Official-Recognition-from-the-TON-Team.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.