CVE-2022-40769

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2022-09-18 20:36:20+00:00| exploited| https://t.me/cibsecurity/50022 2025-07-01 21:02:22+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/beikokucyber.bsky.social/post/3lswluwxsjp27 2026-06-19 12:47:03+00:00| exploited|...

CVE-2022-40769

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...

CVE-2022-40769

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...

CVE-2022-40769

The profanity tool (versions through 1.60 ) contains a design flaw where the Random Number Generator (RNG) has only four billion possible initializations. Specifically, the createSeed() function in Dispatcher.cpp seeds the std::mt19937_64 engine with only 32 bits , creating a restricted key space...

CVE-2022-40769

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...