CVE-2022-37450 Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks

What is CVE-2022-37450?

CVE-2022-37450 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-37450?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum. It affects 1 product.

Products include Ethereum Go Ethereum.

How do I fix CVE-2022-37450?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-37450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-37450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2026-26314 Go Ethereum affected by DoS via malicious p2p message High 8.7
• CVE-2023-42319 go-ethereum vulnerable to denial of service via crafted GraphQL query High 7.5
• CVE-2023-40591 Denial of service via malicious p2p message in go-ethereum High 7.5
• CVE-2021-42219 Denial of service in go-ethereum High 7.5
• CVE-2022-23327 Denial of Service in Go-Ethereum High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CLEANSTART-2024-DV35660, GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69.