VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-40769
Thus, attackers can recover private keys from Ethereum vanity addresses and steal cryptocurrency, as exploited in the wild in June 2022.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.16%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.16% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-338
- Affected
- profanity project/profanity
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8cThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/johguse/profanityThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8cThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/johguse/profanityThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.