CVE-2022-37450
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum | <=1.10.21 | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37450
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
- https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/blob/671094279e8d27f4b4c3c94bf8b636c26b473976/core/forkchoice.go#L91-L94
- https://medium.com/@aviv.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
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.