high7.5
CVE-2022-40769
profanity through 1.60 has only four billion possible RNG initializations.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Profanity Project | Profanity | through 1.60 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c
- https://github.com/johguse/profanity
- https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61
- https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool-68ed7455fc8c
- https://github.com/johguse/profanity
- https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61