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Incorrect Calculation Affecting github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm Open this link in a new tab package, versions <1.19.7

0.0
medium

  • Attack Complexity

    Low

  • Integrity

    High

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  • snyk-id

    SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMETHEREUMGOETHEREUMCOREVM-1045822

  • published

    26 Nov 2020

  • disclosed

    26 Nov 2020

  • credit

    Unknown

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Introduced: 26 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-26241 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-682 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm to version 1.19.7 or higher.

Overview

github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm is a Package that implements the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Calculation. It can be used to cause a chain-split where vulnerable nodes reject the canonical chain. Geth's pre-compiled dataCopy (at 0x00...04) contract did a shallow copy on invocation. An attacker could deploy a contract that writes X to an EVM memory region R, then calls 0x00..04 with R as an argument, then overwrites R to Y, and finally invokes the RETURNDATACOPY opcode.When this contract is invoked, a consensus-compliant node would push X on the EVM stack, whereas Geth would push Y.

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