CVE-2022-40769

profanity through 1.60 has only four billion possible RNG initializations. Thus, attackers can recover private keys from Ethereum vanity addresses and steal cryptocurrency, as exploited in the wild in June 2022.
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Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2022-09-18 10:15

Updated : 2022-09-21 07:33


NVD link : CVE-2022-40769

Mitre link : CVE-2022-40769


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CWE
CWE-338

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

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Products Affected

profanity_project

  • profanity