Description
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Prior to commit number `8a93fdc6c9f4eb1d2f2a11b7ff1d12d70bf5a664`, a bug in Frontier's MODEXP precompile implementation can cause an integer underflow in certain conditions. This will cause a node crash for debug builds. For release builds (and production WebAssembly binaries), the impact is limited as it can only cause a normal EVM out-of-gas. Users who do not use MODEXP precompile in their runtime are not impacted. A patch is available in pull request #549.
Published: 2022-01-14
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-0562 Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Prior to commit number `8a93fdc6c9f4eb1d2f2a11b7ff1d12d70bf5a664`, a bug in Frontier's MODEXP precompile implementation can cause an integer underflow in certain conditions. This will cause a node crash for debug builds. For release builds (and production WebAssembly binaries), the impact is limited as it can only cause a normal EVM out-of-gas. Users who do not use MODEXP precompile in their runtime are not impacted. A patch is available in pull request #549.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cjg2-2fjg-fph4 Integer underflow in Frontier
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-23T19:11:58.958Z

Reserved: 2021-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-21685

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Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-14T17:15:13.333

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:45:13.753

Link: CVE-2022-21685

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