CVE-2024-24560CWE-119

Vyper external calls can overflow return data to return input buffer

Low · published February 2, 2024

CVSS v3.1
3.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
43.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. When calls to external contracts are made, we write the input buffer starting at byte 28, and allocate the return buffer to start at byte 0 (overlapping with the input buffer). When checking RETURNDATASIZE for dynamic types, the size is compared only to the minimum allowed size for that type, and not to the returned value's length. As a result, malformed return data can cause the contract to mistake data from the input buffer for returndata. When the called contract returns invalid ABIv2 encoded data, the calling contract can read different invalid data (from the dirty buffer) than the called contract returned.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
3.7 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00526 · 43.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Published
2024-02-02T16:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 FEB 16:19Z
    Vyper external calls can overflow return data to return input buffer
    cvelistv5