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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/johguse/profanity | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
History
21 Sep 2022, 14:33
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CWE | CWE-338 | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
| First Time |
Profanity Project
Profanity Project profanity |
|
| References | (MISC) https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61 - Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| References | (MISC) https://github.com/johguse/profanity - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | (MISC) https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c - Third Party Advisory |
18 Sep 2022, 17:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2022-09-18 17:15
Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35
NVD link : CVE-2022-40769
Mitre link : CVE-2022-40769
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-40769
JSON object : View
Products Affected
profanity_project
- profanity
CWE
CWE-338
Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)