CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-40769

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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-09-18 05:15

Updated : 2022-09-21 02:33

NVD link : CVE-2022-40769

Mitre link : CVE-2022-40769

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-338

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)