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cap bbqr display and pdf encodings at the 1295 parts the header can number, using larger parts for data that needs more rather than emitting a sequence that cannot be reassembled

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Craig Raw

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cap bbqr display and pdf encodings at the 1295 parts the header can number, using larger parts for data that needs more rather than emitting a sequence that cannot be reassembled
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit fixes a bug in Sparrow Wallet's BBQ QR code format. Previously, if a large transaction or data blob needed more than 1,295 QR-code-sized pieces, the app would generate pieces with impossible sequence numbers that could not be reassembled by a scanner. The fix caps the number of pieces at 1,295 and makes each piece bigger instead, so scanning still works. It is a reliability/data-integrity bug rather than a direct theft-of-funds vulnerability, but a malformed or unrecoverable QR sequence could disrupt wallet operations.

Recommended action

Treat as a bug-fix patch with low-to-moderate security relevance. Users relying on large QR exports should upgrade. No immediate incident response is indicated unless independent research shows the malformed sequences can be exploited beyond a failed scan.

Security signals we found

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Integer/sequence-number overflow-like limit violation in a data-encoding protocol

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Potential denial-of-service or data-integrity failure when exporting large transactions via QR

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Round-trip unit test added to prevent regression

Risk score

Why this scored 44/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 12/30
Exploitability 8/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 7/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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