CVE-2022-37450
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 5, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 5, 2022
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94
- https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
- http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896
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