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CVE-2022-40769

Date: September 18, 2022

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.

Language: C++

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Related Resources (5)

https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c
https://github.com/johguse/profanity
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40769
https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-40769

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG)

CWE-338

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

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