5.9

CVE-2022-37450: ethereum go_ethereum

CVSS: 5.9v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69
Published 05-08-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-37450 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in ethereum go_ethereum. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.23%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 05-08-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 1.21% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Go Ethereum

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ethereum1 product
Github.com/ethereum1 product
  • go-ethereum≤ 1.10.21

2 vendors · 2 products

References

7 links