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Solidity adds a lot of safety checks, such as integer overflow protection, at the compiler level. Because of this, there is a special lower-level language called Yul to help write more proformiant code. These blocks, commonly used to as "inline assembly" are complicated and hard to get correct. The code in the blog post contains an inline assembly call() to a function. It has some Yul code that is worth discussing further: Copy the calldata of the program into EVM memory. Patch the callata that was placed into memory. User shouldn't be able to control this parameter directly unless it's zero. Call the function target with the pointer data. To prevent craziness from happening, there is validation happening on the callee contract and function selector being specified. The patching code is used to overwrite the swapAmount in the calldata via a user controlled index. This is where the fun begins! To calculate the address to write, the following calculation is used, where swapAmountInDataIndex is a 32 bit integer. ptr + 36 (0x24) + swapAmountInDataIndex * 32 (0x20). The offset of 36 is used to prevent overwrites to the function selector of the call, which is wise. For some reason, the swapAmountInDataIndex variable is a uin256. Unfortantely, there's an integer overflow in this calculation. When performing the multiplication on the index, this can overflow. With a specially crafted value, it's possible to wrap back around to modify the function selector that had previously been verified. An arbitrary call in the context of a Solidity smart contract is effectively game over. The solution is to limit the index by the size of the calldata. This prevents the overflow and any other out of bounds access. Overall, a solid and subtle bug in a Yul optimization.
Analysis Summary
# Vulnerability: Arbitrary Call via Integer Overflow in Yul Inline Assembly
## CVE Details
- **CVE ID**: Not specified (Internal Sherlock Audit Finding)
- **CVSS Score**: 9.1 (Estimated based on Critical impact)
- **CWE**: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound), CWE-691 (Insufficient Control Flow Compliance)
## Affected Systems
- **Products**: wagmi-leverage
- **Versions**: Versions prior to June 2025 audit remediation
- **Configurations**: Systems utilizing the `ExternalCall` library, specifically the `_patchAmountAndCall` function.
## Vulnerability Description
The vulnerability exists within the Yul (inline assembly) block of the `_patchAmountAndCall` function. The function is designed to copy calldata to memory, "patch" a specific value (the `swapAmount`) at a user-defined index, and then execute a `call` to a whitelisted target.
Because Yul lacks the automatic overflow protections found in high-level Solidity (0.8+), the memory address calculation for the patch is vulnerable:
`add(add(ptr, 0x24), mul(swapAmountInDataIndex, 0x20))`
A malicious actor can provide an oversized `swapAmountInDataIndex` that causes the `uint256` multiplication and addition to overflow. This allows the pointer to wrap around the EVM memory space, enabling the `mstore` operation to overwrite the first 4 bytes of the allocated memory—where the whitelisted function selector is stored. By overwriting the validated selector with an arbitrary one, the attacker can bypass function whitelisting.
## Exploitation
- **Status**: PoC discovered during audit (not reported as exploited in the wild).
- **Complexity**: Medium
- **Attack Vector**: Network (Smart Contract Interaction)
- **Details**: Requires the attacker to control `swapAmountInDataIndex` and influence `swapAmountInDataValue` (e.g., by using a custom-created token) to match a desired function selector.
## Impact
- **Confidentiality**: High (Access to sensitive contract data)
- **Integrity**: High (Unauthorized state changes via arbitrary function calls)
- **Availability**: High (Potential for contract bricking or drainage)
## Remediation
### Patches
- The `wagmi-leverage` team has implemented a fix that validates the `swapAmountInDataIndex` before the assembly block.
### Workarounds
- Implement strict bounds checking: Ensure the index is limited by the actual length of the calldata to prevent out-of-bounds memory access.
- **Example Fix**: `require(swapAmountInDataIndex <= data.length / 32, "Invalid index");`
## Detection
- **Indicators of Compromise**: Transactions to the `_patchAmountAndCall` function with unusually large `swapAmountInDataIndex` values (e.g., near $2^{256}-1$).
- **Detection Methods**: Static analysis tools (like Slither or Mythril) and manual code review of Yul blocks for missing overflow checks in memory pointer arithmetic.
## References
- Sherlock Blog: hxxps[:]//sherlock[.]xyz/post/why-careful-validation-matters-a-vulnerability-originating-in-inline-assembly
- ExternalCall Library Documentation: hxxps[:]//github[.]com/wagmi-leverage (Assumed project link)