Vulnerability in Ethereum Go_ethereum

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 (…

EPSS: 0.010 (57.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37450?
CVE-2022-37450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ethereum Go_ethereum. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2022-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2022-37450?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-37450 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.