VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.21%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.21% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ethereum/go ethereum
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043Broken Link
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896Third Party Advisory
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043Broken Link
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.