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.. index:: Bugs

List of Known Bugs

Below, you can find a JSON-formatted list of some of the known security-relevant bugs in the Solidity compiler. The file itself is hosted in the Github repository. The list stretches back as far as version 0.3.0, bugs known to be present only in versions preceding that are not listed.

There is another file called bugs_by_version.json, which can be used to check which bugs affect a specific version of the compiler.

Contract source verification tools and also other tools interacting with contracts should consult this list according to the following criteria:

  • It is mildly suspicious if a contract was compiled with a nightly compiler version instead of a released version. This list does not keep track of unreleased or nightly versions.
  • It is also mildly suspicious if a contract was compiled with a version that was not the most recent at the time the contract was created. For contracts created from other contracts, you have to follow the creation chain back to a transaction and use the date of that transaction as creation date.
  • It is highly suspicious if a contract was compiled with a compiler that contains a known bug and the contract was created at a time where a newer compiler version containing a fix was already released.

The JSON file of known bugs below is an array of objects, one for each bug, with the following keys:

name
Unique name given to the bug
summary
Short description of the bug
description
Detailed description of the bug
link
URL of a website with more detailed information, optional
introduced
The first published compiler version that contained the bug, optional
fixed
The first published compiler version that did not contain the bug anymore
publish
The date at which the bug became known publicly, optional
severity
Severity of the bug: very low, low, medium, high. Takes into account discoverability in contract tests, likelihood of occurrence and potential damage by exploits.
conditions
Conditions that have to be met to trigger the bug. Currently, this is an object that can contain a boolean value optimizer, which means that the optimizer has to be switched on to enable the bug. If no conditions are given, assume that the bug is present.
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   :language: js