GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-9p8r-4xp4-gw5w Vyper's `_abi_decode` vulnerable to Memory Overflow

LOW Published 2024-02-26 Modified 2025-01-17 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-26149
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
vyper
Severity
Low
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-119, CWE-120
Reviewed
2024-02-26

Affected packages

• PyPI vyper: < 0.4.0 → fixed in 0.4.0

Description

Summary If an excessively large value is specified as the starting index for an array in `_abi_decode`, it can cause the read position to overflow. This results in the decoding of values outside the intended array bounds, potentially leading to bugs in contracts that use arrays within `_abi_decode`. The advisory has been assigned low severity, because it is only observable if there is a memory write between two invocations of `abi_decode` on the same input. Proof of Concept ```vyper event Pwn: pass @external def f(x: Bytes[32 * 3]): a: Bytes[32] = b"foo" y: Bytes[32 * 3] = x decoded_y1: Bytes[32] = _abi_decode(y, Bytes[32]) a = b"bar" decoded_y2: Bytes[32] = _abi_decode(y, Bytes[32]) if decoded_y1 != decoded_y2: log Pwn() ``` Sending the following calldata results in `Pwn` being emitted. ``` 0xd45754f8 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000060 ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffa0 ``` Patches Patched in https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/3925, https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/4091, https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/4144, https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/4060.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-26149 Vyper is a pythonic Smart Contract Language for the ethereum virtual machine. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References