CVE-2022-37450

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  3. 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.

5.9 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 Broken Link
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

07 Nov 2023, 03:49

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References
  • {'url': 'https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef', 'name': 'https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef', 'tags': ['Exploit', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef -

12 Aug 2022, 18:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Ethereum go Ethereum
Ethereum
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.9
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 - (MISC) https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 - (MISC) http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 - Broken Link
References (MISC) https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef - (MISC) https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 - (MISC) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 - Third Party Advisory

05 Aug 2022, 21:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2022-08-05 21:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35

NVD link : CVE-2022-37450

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37450

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-37450

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Products Affected

ethereum

  • go_ethereum
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo