What is CVE-2022-24788?

CVE-2022-24788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vyperlang Vyper, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-24788?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Vyperlang Vyper

CVE-2022-24788

Vyper is a pythonic Smart Contract Language for the ethereum virtual machine. Versions of vyper prior to 0.3.2 suffer from a potential buffer overrun. Importing a function from a JSON interface which returns `bytes` generates bytecode whic…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (56.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Vyperlang Vyper — versions < 0.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

github.com/vyperlang/vyper/security/advisories/GHSA-4mrx-6fxm-8jpg (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
github.com/vyperlang/vyper/commit/049dbdc647b2ce838fae7c188e6bb09cf16e470b (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24788?: CVE-2022-24788 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vyperlang Vyper, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-24788?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.