CVE-2022-37450 describes a vulnerability in Go Ethereum (geth) versions up to 1.10.21, allowing attackers to manipulate time-difference values to replace main-chain blocks, thereby increasing mining rewards in a method known as Riskless Uncle Making (RUM). This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a network attack vector and high impact on integrity, but high attack complexity. Although exploited in the wild between 2020 and 2022, there is no public exploit code, Metasploit module, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.10.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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