CVE-2024-32644
Evmos EVM Token Minting Vulnerability
Description
Evmos is a scalable, high-throughput Proof-of-Stake EVM blockchain that is fully compatible and interoperable with Ethereum. Prior to 17.0.0, there is a way to mint arbitrary tokens due to the possibility to have two different states not in sync during the execution of a transaction. The exploit is based on the fact that to sync the Cosmos SDK state and the EVM one, we rely on the `stateDB.Commit()` method. When we call this method, we iterate though all the `dirtyStorage` and, **if and only if** it is different than the `originStorage`, we set the new state. Setting the new state means we update the Cosmos SDK KVStore. If a contract storage state that is the same before and after a transaction, but is changed during the transaction and can call an external contract after the change, it can be exploited to make the transaction similar to non-atomic. The vulnerability is **critical** since this could lead to drain of funds through creative SC interactions. The issue has been patched in versions >=V17.0.0.
INFO
Published Date :
April 19, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 9:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/evmos/evmos/blob/b196a522ba4951890b40992e9f97aa610f8b5f9c/x/evm/statedb/statedb.go#L460-L465 Added Reference https://github.com/evmos/evmos/commit/08982b5ee726b97bc50eaf58d1914829648b6a5f Added Reference https://github.com/evmos/evmos/security/advisories/GHSA-3fp5-2xwh-fxm6 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Apr. 19, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Evmos is a scalable, high-throughput Proof-of-Stake EVM blockchain that is fully compatible and interoperable with Ethereum. Prior to 17.0.0, there is a way to mint arbitrary tokens due to the possibility to have two different states not in sync during the execution of a transaction. The exploit is based on the fact that to sync the Cosmos SDK state and the EVM one, we rely on the `stateDB.Commit()` method. When we call this method, we iterate though all the `dirtyStorage` and, **if and only if** it is different than the `originStorage`, we set the new state. Setting the new state means we update the Cosmos SDK KVStore. If a contract storage state that is the same before and after a transaction, but is changed during the transaction and can call an external contract after the change, it can be exploited to make the transaction similar to non-atomic. The vulnerability is **critical** since this could lead to drain of funds through creative SC interactions. The issue has been patched in versions >=V17.0.0. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/evmos/evmos/security/advisories/GHSA-3fp5-2xwh-fxm6 [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/evmos/evmos/commit/08982b5ee726b97bc50eaf58d1914829648b6a5f [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/evmos/evmos/blob/b196a522ba4951890b40992e9f97aa610f8b5f9c/x/evm/statedb/statedb.go#L460-L465 [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-662 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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