CVE Vulnerability

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 v3.0 : 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
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 Broken Link
https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

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

Published : 2022-08-05 09:15

Updated : 2022-08-12 06:23

NVD link : CVE-2022-37450

Mitre link : CVE-2022-37450

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo