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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

12 Aug 2022, 18:23

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.9
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
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

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-08-05 21:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:51


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