Vulnerability in Ethereum Go
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.
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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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.012 (67.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/c… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereu…
- dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 (Broken Link)
- news.ycombinator.com/item (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-37450?
- CVE-2022-37450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ethereum Go. 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.