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feat(clear_signing): support deeper structures.

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Authored by PrisionMike

57/100 · Thin
feat(clear_signing): support deeper structures.

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit expands the Ethereum clear-signing parser in Trezor firmware to support nested tuples and arrays, while adding explicit safety limits on recursion depth and array nesting. The change itself is defensive: it replaces a hard-coded shallow decoder with a recursive one that caps how deep and how many array layers it will accept. The README explains why nested arrays are dangerous—an attacker can craft small transaction data that expands into a huge number of values in memory, potentially exhausting the device. The commit therefore reduces the risk of denial-of-service or memory-exhaustion attacks during transaction decoding, rather than introducing a new vulnerability.

Recommended action

Treat this as a security-hardening change. Review that _MAX_ABI_NESTING and _MAX_NESTED_ARRAYS are enforced in all code paths, including any future parser variants, and confirm the bounds match device memory and worst-case decode-cost budgets. Consider adding a changelog or advisory note because the change is security-relevant.

Security signals we found

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Adds explicit recursion and array-nesting caps to an Ethereum ABI parser

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README documents a known amplification/aliasing risk in nested dynamic arrays

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Replaces a shallow, hard-coded decoder with a bounded recursive decoder

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Prevents unbounded parse trees that could exhaust device memory

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No changelog entry despite security-relevant behavioral change

Risk score

Why this scored 51/100

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