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CVE-2022-37450

Published: Aug 5, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSANVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
5.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 42.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Go Ethereum (aka geth) through 1.10.21 allows attackers to increase rewards by mining blocks in certain situations, and using a manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks, aka Riskless Uncle Making (RUM), as exploited in the wild in 2020 through 2022.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

n/an/a
go ethereumethereum
Mixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereumGoOSS Libraries
ethereumoss-projectOSS Librariesaka go ethereum, go-ethereum, cpp-ethereum
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94
github.com
https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
medium.com
http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043
dx.doi.org
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Timeline

Published
Aug 5, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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