{"id":"CVE-2023-46247","aliases":["EUVD-2023-0276","GHSA-6m97-7527-mh74","PYSEC-2023-307"],"status":"published","title":"Vyper has incorrect storage layout for contracts containing large arrays","description":"Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Contracts containing large arrays might underallocate the number of slots they need by 1. Prior to v0.3.8, the calculation to determine how many slots a storage variable needed used `math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32)`. The intermediate floating point step can produce a rounding error if there are enough bits set in the IEEE-754 mantissa. Roughly speaking, if `type_.size_in_bytes` is large (\u003e 2**46), and slightly less than a power of 2, the calculation can overestimate how many slots are needed by 1. If `type_.size_in_bytes` is slightly more than a power of 2, the calculation can underestimate how many slots are needed by 1. This issue is patched in version 0.3.8.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00692,"percentile":0.53199,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-193","CWE-682"],"published":"2023-12-13T13:18:52Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:32Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"vyper","fixed_in":["0.3.8"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"vyper","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"0.3.7"},{"fixed":"0.3.8"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"vyper","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.3.8"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0b1","0.1.0b10","0.1.0b11","0.1.0b12","0.1.0b13","0.1.0b14","0.1.0b15","0.1.0b16","0.1.0b17","0.1.0b2","0.1.0b3","0.1.0b4","0.1.0b5","0.1.0b6","0.1.0b7","0.1.0b8","0.1.0b9","0.2.1","0.2.10","0.2.11","0.2.12","0.2.13","0.2.14","0.2.15","0.2.16","0.2.2","0.2.3","0.2.4","0.2.5","0.2.6","0.2.7","0.2.8","0.2.9","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.3","0.3.4","0.3.5","0.3.6","0.3.7"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"vyper","ranges":[{"type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0bb7203b584e771b23536ba065a6efda457161bb"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.3.8"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0b1","0.1.0b10","0.1.0b11","0.1.0b12","0.1.0b13","0.1.0b14","0.1.0b15","0.1.0b16","0.1.0b17","0.1.0b2","0.1.0b3","0.1.0b4","0.1.0b5","0.1.0b6","0.1.0b7","0.1.0b8","0.1.0b9","0.2.1","0.2.10","0.2.11","0.2.12","0.2.13","0.2.14","0.2.15","0.2.16","0.2.2","0.2.3","0.2.4","0.2.5","0.2.6","0.2.7","0.2.8","0.2.9","0.3.0","0.3.1","0.3.2","0.3.3","0.3.4","0.3.5","0.3.6","0.3.7"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"vyperlang","product":"vyper"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/security/advisories/GHSA-6m97-7527-mh74","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/commit/0bb7203b584e771b23536ba065a6efda457161bb","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/blob/6020b8bbf66b062d299d87bc7e4eddc4c9d1c157/vyper/semantics/validation/data_positions.py#L197","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Product","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46247","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/vyper/PYSEC-2023-307.yaml","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6m97-7527-mh74"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/46xxx/CVE-2023-46247.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-46247","title":"Vyper has incorrect storage layout for contracts containing large arrays","description":"Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Contracts containing large arrays might underallocate the number of slots they need by 1. Prior to v0.3.8, the calculation to determine how many slots a storage variable needed used `math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32)`. The intermediate floating point step can produce a rounding error if there are enough bits set in the IEEE-754 mantissa. Roughly speaking, if `type_.size_in_bytes` is large (\u003e 2**46), and slightly less than a power of 2, the calculation can overestimate how many slots are needed by 1. If `type_.size_in_bytes` is slightly more than a power of 2, the calculation can underestimate how many slots are needed by 1. This issue is patched in version 0.3.8.","status":"published","published":"2023-12-13T19:39:22.626Z","modified":"2024-08-02T20:37:40.156Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-193","CWE-682"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:23.309349Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-0276","description":"Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Contracts containing large arrays might underallocate the number of slots they need by 1. Prior to v0.3.8, the calculation to determine how many slots a storage variable needed used `math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32)`. The intermediate floating point step can produce a rounding error if there are enough bits set in the IEEE-754 mantissa. Roughly speaking, if `type_.size_in_bytes` is large (\u003e 2**46), and slightly less than a power of 2, the calculation can overestimate how many slots are needed by 1. If `type_.size_in_bytes` is slightly more than a power of 2, the calculation can underestimate how many slots are needed by 1. This issue is patched in version 0.3.8.","status":"published","published":"2023-12-13T19:39:22Z","modified":"2024-08-02T20:37:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:49:58.369276Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-6m97-7527-mh74","title":"incorrect storage layout for contracts containing large arrays","description":"### Impact\ncontracts containing large arrays might underallocate the number of slots they need. prior to v0.3.8, the calculation to determine how many slots a storage variable needed used `math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32)`:\n\nhttps://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/blob/6020b8bbf66b062d299d87bc7e4eddc4c9d1c157/vyper/semantics/validation/data_positions.py#L197\n\nthe intermediate floating point step can produce a rounding error if there are enough bits set in the IEEE-754 mantissa. roughly speaking, if `type_.size_in_bytes` is large (\u003e 2**46), and slightly less than a power of 2, the calculation can overestimate how many slots are needed. if `type_.size_in_bytes` is slightly more than a power of 2, the calculation can underestimate how many slots are needed.\n\nthe following two example contracts can result in overwriting of the variable `vulnerable`:\n```vyper\nlarge_array: address[2**64 + 1]  # type_.size_in_bytes == 32 * (2**64 + 1); math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32) \u003c 2**64 + 1\nvulnerable: uint256\n\n# writing to self.large_array[2**64] will overwrite self.vulnerable\n```\n```vyper\nlarge_dynarray: DynArray[address, 2**64]  # Dynarray has a length word in front, its size in bytes is 32 * (2**64 + 1)\nvulnerable: uint256\n\n# writing to self.large_dynarray[2**64 - 1] will overwrite self.vulnerable\n```\n\nnote that in the latter case, the risk of `vulnerable` being overwritten is relatively small, since it would cost roughly $1.45 million trillion USD at today's gas prices (gas price 20gwei, ETH ~= $1800) in order to extend the DynArray to its full container size.\n\n### Patches\npatched by v0.3.8, specifically in commit https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper/commit/0bb7203b584e771b23536ba065a6efda457161bb.","status":"published","published":"2023-12-13T13:18:52Z","modified":"2024-11-22T20:41:03Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-193"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:38:22.774145Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-46247","description":"Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Contracts containing large arrays might underallocate the number of slots they need by 1. Prior to v0.3.8, the calculation to determine how many slots a storage variable needed used `math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32)`. The intermediate floating point step can produce a rounding error if there are enough bits set in the IEEE-754 mantissa. Roughly speaking, if `type_.size_in_bytes` is large (\u003e 2**46), and slightly less than a power of 2, the calculation can overestimate how many slots are needed by 1. If `type_.size_in_bytes` is slightly more than a power of 2, the calculation can underestimate how many slots are needed by 1. This issue is patched in version 0.3.8.","status":"published","published":"2023-12-13T20:15:49.36Z","modified":"2026-06-17T06:30:30.753Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-193","CWE-682"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:08:54.696438Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-46247","title":"Vyper has incorrect storage layout for contracts containing large arrays","description":"Vyper is a Pythonic Smart Contract Language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Contracts containing large arrays might underallocate the number of slots they need by 1. Prior to v0.3.8, the calculation to determine how many slots a storage variable needed used `math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32)`. The intermediate floating point step can produce a rounding error if there are enough bits set in the IEEE-754 mantissa. Roughly speaking, if `type_.size_in_bytes` is large (\u003e 2**46), and slightly less than a power of 2, the calculation can overestimate how many slots are needed by 1. If `type_.size_in_bytes` is slightly more than a power of 2, the calculation can underestimate how many slots are needed by 1. 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Contracts containing large arrays might underallocate the number of slots they need by 1. Prior to v0.3.8, the calculation to determine how many slots a storage variable needed used `math.ceil(type_.size_in_bytes / 32)`. The intermediate floating point step can produce a rounding error if there are enough bits set in the IEEE-754 mantissa. Roughly speaking, if `type_.size_in_bytes` is large (\u003e 2**46), and slightly less than a power of 2, the calculation can overestimate how many slots are needed by 1. If `type_.size_in_bytes` is slightly more than a power of 2, the calculation can underestimate how many slots are needed by 1. This issue is patched in version 0.3.8.","status":"published","published":"2023-12-13T20:15:00Z","modified":"2024-11-21T14:57:14.392433Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:53.837392Z"}]}}