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feat(ethereum): display format definitions

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Authored by Ioan Bizău

57/100 · Thin
feat(ethereum): display format definitions

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds support for a new Ethereum feature called ERC-7730, which lets a computer (like a wallet app) tell a Trezor device how to display and interpret smart-contract transaction data in a human-friendly way. It also changes the message format so apps can send multiple token definitions instead of just one. The change is large and touches many generated files, but it appears to be a feature addition rather than a fix for an existing security bug. Because it introduces new code that parses untrusted data from a host computer and uses it to format what the user sees on screen, it could create security risks if the parsing or formatting logic has flaws, but the diff itself does not show an obvious vulnerability.

Recommended action

Treat this as a feature commit that needs security review of the new parser/formatter code, especially edge cases in ABIValue.from_proto, FieldDefinition.from_proto, and DisplayFormat.from_encoded. Fuzz the host-supplied display-format definition against malformed, oversized, and context-mismatched inputs. Verify that the context and function-signature checks cannot be bypassed, and that parsing failures always abort display rather than falling back to unsafe defaults. No immediate patch or incident response is indicated by the diff alone.

Security signals we found

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New attack surface: host-supplied protobuf definitions are decoded and used to parse transaction calldata and drive on-screen display

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Parsing logic added for ABI tuples, arrays, atomic and dynamic types; malformed definitions could trigger exceptions or unexpected behavior

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Context check (chain_id/address/func_sig) is performed before applying an external display format, which limits cross-contract replay

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Legacy firmware ignores the new ERC-7730 field entirely (type:FT_IGNORE), so the feature is not active there

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Token field changed from singular to repeated; legacy code only consumes encoded_tokens[0]

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No explicit security claims, CVE references, or researcher attribution in the commit or supplied references

Risk score

Why this scored 38/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 8/30
Exploitability 7/25
Stealth signal 6/15
Affected reach 8/15
Confidence 6/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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