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Incorrect Calculation Affecting github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/core/vm package, versions <1.19.7

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.07% (31st percentile)
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NVD
7.1 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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