ghsa-5jrj-52x8-m64h
Vulnerability from github
Summary
Using the sqrt builtin can result in multiple eval evaluation of side effects when the argument has side-effects. The bug is more difficult (but not impossible!) to trigger as of 0.3.4, when the unique symbol fence was introduced (https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/2914).
A contract search was performed and no vulnerable contracts were found in production.
Details
It can be seen that the build_IR function of the sqrt builtin doesn't cache the argument to the stack:
https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/blob/4595938734d9988f8e46e8df38049ae0559abedb/vyper/builtins/functions.py#L2151
As such, it can be evaluated multiple times (instead of retrieving the value from the stack).
PoC
With at least Vyper version 0.2.15+commit.6e7dba7 the following contract:
```vyper
c: uint256
@internal def some_decimal() -> decimal: self.c += 1 return 1.0
@external
def foo() -> uint256:
k: decimal = sqrt(self.some_decimal())
return self.c
passes the following test:solidity
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity >=0.8.13;
import "../../lib/ds-test/test.sol"; import "../../lib/utils/Console.sol"; import "../../lib/utils/VyperDeployer.sol";
import "../ITest.sol";
contract ConTest is DSTest { VyperDeployer vyperDeployer = new VyperDeployer();
ITest t;
function setUp() public {
t = ITest(vyperDeployer.deployContract("Test"));
}
function testFoo() public {
uint256 val = t.foo();
console.log(val);
assert (val == 4);
}
} ```
Patches
Patched in https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/3976.
Impact
No vulnerable production contracts were found.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "vyper"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.4.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-32649"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-95"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-25T19:50:16Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-25T18:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Summary\nUsing the `sqrt` builtin can result in multiple eval evaluation of side effects when the argument has side-effects. The bug is more difficult (but not impossible!) to trigger as of 0.3.4, when the unique symbol fence was introduced (https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/2914).\n\nA contract search was performed and no vulnerable contracts were found in production.\n\n### Details\nIt can be seen that the `build_IR` function of the `sqrt` builtin doesn\u0027t cache the argument to the stack: \nhttps://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/blob/4595938734d9988f8e46e8df38049ae0559abedb/vyper/builtins/functions.py#L2151\n\nAs such, it can be evaluated multiple times (instead of retrieving the value from the stack).\n\n### PoC\nWith at least Vyper version `0.2.15+commit.6e7dba7` the following contract:\n```vyper\nc: uint256\n\n@internal\ndef some_decimal() -\u003e decimal:\n self.c += 1\n return 1.0\n\n@external\ndef foo() -\u003e uint256:\n k: decimal = sqrt(self.some_decimal())\n return self.c\n```\npasses the following test:\n```solidity\n// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT\npragma solidity \u003e=0.8.13;\n\nimport \"../../lib/ds-test/test.sol\";\nimport \"../../lib/utils/Console.sol\";\nimport \"../../lib/utils/VyperDeployer.sol\";\n\nimport \"../ITest.sol\";\n\ncontract ConTest is DSTest {\n VyperDeployer vyperDeployer = new VyperDeployer();\n\n ITest t;\n\n function setUp() public {\n t = ITest(vyperDeployer.deployContract(\"Test\"));\n }\n\n function testFoo() public {\n uint256 val = t.foo();\n console.log(val);\n assert (val == 4);\n }\n}\n```\n \n### Patches\nPatched in https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/3976.\n\n### Impact\nNo vulnerable production contracts were found.",
"id": "GHSA-5jrj-52x8-m64h",
"modified": "2025-01-21T17:53:44Z",
"published": "2024-04-25T19:50:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/security/advisories/GHSA-5jrj-52x8-m64h"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32649"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/pull/2914"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vyper/PYSEC-2024-209.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "vyper performs multiple eval of `sqrt()` argument built in"
}
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