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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/johguse/profanity | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2022-09-18 10:15
Updated : 2022-09-21 07:33
NVD link : CVE-2022-40769
Mitre link : CVE-2022-40769
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-338
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)
Products Affected
profanity_project
- profanity