CVE-2022-40769

HIGH

7.5

Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/18/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

profanity_project:profanity

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-338

References

https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/johguse/profanity(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61(cve@mitre.org)

https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/johguse/profanity(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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