CVE-2022-37450

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    CVE-2022-37450

    Published: 5 Aug 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043, 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, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/37xxx/CVE-2022-37450.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37450

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976

    Affected versions

    v1.10.20
    v1.10.19
    v1.10.18
    v1.10.17
    v1.10.16
    v1.10.15
    v1.10.14
    v1.10.13
    v1.10.12
    v1.10.11
    v1.10.10
    v1.10.9
    v1.10.8
    v1.10.7
    v1.10.6
    v1.10.5
    v1.10.4
    v1.10.3
    v1.10.2
    v1.10.1
    v1.10.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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