CVE-2022-40769

Published Sep 18, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-44035 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.
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01375}

epss

{'score': 0.01017}

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{'score': 0.0129}

epss

{'score': 0.01375}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 12:28 PM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 18, 2022, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:02 AM