5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2022-37450
Go Ethereum Unvalidated Block Replay Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 5, 2022, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:49 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-37450 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-37450 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ethereum go_ethereum
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-37450.

URL Resource
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
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Solidity Forcibly Send Ether Vulnerability to a Smart Contract continuation of the list of general EcoSystem security from attacks

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Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 5, 2023, 5:39 p.m. This repo has been linked 31 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-37450 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-37450 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 No Types Assigned http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 No Types Assigned https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef No Types Assigned https://medium.com/@aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 No Types Assigned https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.10.21
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.14 }} 0.02%

score

0.49972

percentile

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