CVE-2022-40769

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-40769
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-18 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-09-21 14:33:00 UTC
Descriptionprofanity 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-338

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Profanity Project Profanity All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
A vulnerability disclosed in Profanity, an Ethereum vanity address tool | by 1inch Network | Sep, 2022 | 1inch Network MISC blog.1inch.io
Private key safety · Issue #61 · johguse/profanity · GitHub MISC github.com
GitHub - johguse/profanity: Vanity address generator for Ethereum MISC github.com
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