CVE-2022-37450 – github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum

Package

Manager: go
Name: github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <=1.10.21

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00346 pctl0.56441

Details

Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks 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.

Metadata

Created: 2022-08-06T00:00:36Z
Modified: 2022-08-15T20:02:22Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/08/GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69/GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69.json
CWE IDs: []
Alternative ID: GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69
Finding: F124
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