CVE-2022-37450: Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks

CVE-2022-37450 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-08-06

Go Ethereum allows attackers to use manipulation of time-difference values to achieve replacement of main-chain blocks

Technologies: github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go). Vendors: Go.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2022-37450 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-37450 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2022-37450?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 6 August 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=1.10.21.
Is there a fix for CVE-2022-37450?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
Am I affected by CVE-2022-37450?
Check whether you run github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Affected products

  • github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=1.10.21

Identifiers

  • CVE-2022-37450
  • GHSA-rqmg-hrg4-fm69

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