CVE-2022-37450

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 v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043	Broken Link
https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-08-05 14:15

Updated : 2022-08-12 11:23

NVD link : CVE-2022-37450

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37450

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Products Affected

ethereum

go_ethereum

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