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CVE-2020-37287
Published:October 21, 2026
Updated:October 21, 2026
Vyper before 0.2.6 contains a call stack corruption vulnerability that causes incorrect function outputs when complex types with non-base members are passed as arguments. Contracts passing multi-dimensional arrays or structs to internal or external functions receive corrupted values because the compiler assumed each subtype size is 32.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/vyperlang/vyper.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0-beta.1 <v0.2.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.2.6
vyper (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.1.0b1 <0.2.6
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.2.6
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size