Advisory Database
  • Advisories
  • Dependency Scanning
  1. pypi
  2. ›
  3. vyper
  4. ›
  5. CVE-2023-30837

CVE-2023-30837: vyper vulnerable to storage allocator overflow

May 5, 2023 (updated November 19, 2024)

The storage allocator does not guard against allocation overflows. This can result in vulnerabilities like the following:

owner: public(address)
take_up_some_space: public(uint256[10])
buffer: public(uint256[max_value(uint256)])

@external
def initialize():
self.owner = msg.sender

@external
def foo(idx: uint256, data: uint256):
self.buffer[idx] = data

Per @toonvanhove, “An attacker can overwrite the owner variable by calling this contract with calldata: 0x04bc52f8 fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff5 ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff (spaces inserted for readability) 0x04bc52f8 is the selector for foo(uint256, uint256), and the last argument fff...fff is the new value for the owner variable.”

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgv8-gggw-mrg6
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vyper/PYSEC-2023-76.yaml
  • github.com/vyperlang/vyper
  • github.com/vyperlang/vyper/commit/0bb7203b584e771b23536ba065a6efda457161bb
  • github.com/vyperlang/vyper/security/advisories/GHSA-mgv8-gggw-mrg6
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30837

Code Behaviors & Features

Detect and mitigate CVE-2023-30837 with GitLab Dependency Scanning

Secure your software supply chain by verifying that all open source dependencies used in your projects contain no disclosed vulnerabilities. Learn more about Dependency Scanning →

Affected versions

All versions before 0.3.8

Fixed versions

  • 0.3.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.3.8 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Learn more about CVSS

Weakness

  • CWE-789: Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value

Source file

pypi/vyper/CVE-2023-30837.yml

Spotted a mistake? Edit the file on GitLab.

  • Site Repo
  • About GitLab
  • Terms
  • Privacy Statement
  • Contact

Page generated Wed, 14 May 2025 12:14:58 +0000.