Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-40769 - Use of Cryptographically Weak Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) vulnerability in Profanity Project Profanity
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.