Vulnerability in Profanity Project
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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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.2% 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: 0.015 · change: +0.003
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address… (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/johguse/profanity (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-40769?
- CVE-2022-40769 is a high-severity vulnerability in Profanity Project, classified under Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-09-18.
- How severe is CVE-2022-40769?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-40769 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.