CVE-2021-39193
MEDIUMFrontier < 2021-09-03 - Invalid Transaction Inclusion via Input Data Size Validation Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
Frontier is Substrate's Ethereum compatibility layer. Prior to commit number 0b962f218f0cdd796dadfe26c3f09e68f7861b26, a bug in `pallet-ethereum` can cause invalid transactions to be included in the Ethereum block state in `pallet-ethereum` due to not validating the input data size. Any invalid transactions included this way have no possibility to alter the internal Ethereum or Substrate state. The transaction will appear to have be included, but is of no effect as it is rejected by the EVM engine. The impact is further limited by Substrate extrinsic size constraints. A patch is available in commit number 0b962f218f0cdd796dadfe26c3f09e68f7861b26. There are no workarounds aside from applying the patch.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/paritytech/frontier/security/advisories/GHSA-hw4v-5x4h-c3xm
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/paritytech/frontier/pull/465
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/paritytech/frontier/pull/465/commits/8a2b890a2fb477d5fedd0e4335b00623832849ae
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/paritytech/frontier/commit/0b962f218f0cdd796dadfe26c3f09e68f7861b26
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0115
EPSS Percentile
62.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-1284
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (2)
crates.io/pallet-ethereum
0crates.io
parity/frontier
< 2021-09-03
Published
Sep 03, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026