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Initial vectors vulnability

Open CashCode opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Hello, Sirs. Does the generation algorythm use initial vectors? Is the code protected from vulnability of initial vectors, is it safe to use?

https://blog.1inch.io/a-vulnerability-disclosed-in-profanity-an-ethereum-vanity-address-tool/

CashCode avatar Jun 12 '23 23:06 CashCode

Vanitygen-plusplus uses openssl function EC_KEY_generate_key. See https://github.com/10gic/vanitygen-plusplus/blob/e0607a720de181c233db1c3ea97ca26ac9f1f3a7/oclengine.c#L2126

10gic avatar Jun 13 '23 02:06 10gic