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CVE-2022-40769
Published: Sep 18, 2022
Modified: Aug 3, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://github.com/johguse/profanity
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https://github.com/johguse/profanity/issues/61
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