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CVE-2022-37450

21
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.10.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69medium

Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks

Aug 6, 2022

References

dx.doi.org / 10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043
Broken Link
github.com / ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go
ExploitThird Party Advisory
medium.com / %40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
news.ycombinator.com / item
Third Party Advisory