Vulnerability CVE-2018-14715


Published: 2018-08-03

Description:
The endCoinFlip function and throwSlammer function of the smart contract implementations for Cryptogs, an Ethereum game, generate random numbers with an old block's hash. Therefore, attackers can predict the random number and always win the game.

Type:

CWE-338

(Use of Cryptographically Weak PRNG)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Cryptogs -> Cryptogs 

 References:
https://medium.com/@jonghyk.song/attack-on-pseudo-random-number-generator-prng-used-in-cryptogs-an-ethereum-cve-2018-14715-f63a51ac2eb9

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