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CVE-2022-37450

MEDIUM

5.9

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.9

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/5/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

ethereum:go_ethereum

References

http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94(cve@mitre.org)

https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef(cve@mitre.org)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896(cve@mitre.org)

http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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