⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.

CVE-2022-37450 — Ethereum Go-ethereum vulnerability

5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUMNVD
VulnCheck7.5
EPSS
0.5%
top 32.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
2
Github.com Ethereum Go-ethereumEthereum GO Ethereum
Timeline
PublishedAug 5
Latest updateAug 6

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks↗2022-08-06
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GHSA
Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks↗2022-08-06
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CVEList
CVE-2022-37450: Go Ethereum (aka geth) through 1↗2022-08-05
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VulnCheck
Go Ethereum (Geth) Time-Difference Value Manipulation Vulnerability↗2022
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CVE-2022-37450 — Ethereum Go-ethereum vulnerability | cvebase