CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-37450
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-08-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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.
Affected configurations
• ethereum go ethereum (<= 1.10.21)
References
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 Broken Link
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef medium.com
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 Third Party Advisory
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 Broken Link
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef medium.com
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 Third Party Advisory