CVE-2022-37450

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.9 MEDIUM
NETWORK
HIGH
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 51%
VendorProductVersion
ethereumgo_ethereum
𝑥
≤ 1.10.21
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= Vulnerable software versions
References
http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94
https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896
http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27813.99043
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94
https://medium.com/%40aviv.yaish/uncle-maker-time-stamping-out-the-competition-in-ethereum-d27c1cb62fef
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32354896