CVE-2022-37450

Exp

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.

Published: 2022-08-05 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-37450 is rated Exploit Available (53.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-37450

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-37450

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-29 0.51% 0.22% -0.29%
2 2026-01-09 0.31% 0.51% +0.20%
3 2025-11-27 — 0.31% —

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-37450

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-37450

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-37450

GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-37450

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2022-37450: 1 source package rows (geth); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-37450

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-37450

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ethereum go_ethereum <= 1.10.21 cpe:2.3:a:ethereum:go_ethereum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-37450

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