CVE-2022-40769

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2022-40769

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-09-18T17:15:09

Last Modified Date
2022-09-21T14:33:02

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-338	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/338.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:profanity_project:profanity::::::::	1	OR		1.60

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61
https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c
https://github.com/johguse/profanity

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40769
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40769

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-09-18 18:00:07				Added to TrackCVE