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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2022-40769
HistorySep 18, 2022 - 5:15 p.m.

CVE-2022-40769

2022-09-1817:15:09
CWE-338
web.nvd.nist.gov
1
profanity
vulnerability
ethereum
cryptocurrency
exploit

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

45.2%

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
profanity_projectprofanityRange1.60
VendorProductVersionCPE
profanity_projectprofanity*cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

45.2%

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