PoC Index

CVE-2022-40769

HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.2%

profanity 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.

CVSS v3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 65th percentile
Published
2022-09-18
Updated
2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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