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diff --git a/docs/security-considerations.rst b/docs/security-considerations.rst index f1a5dc03..87ee567d 100644 --- a/docs/security-considerations.rst +++ b/docs/security-considerations.rst @@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ Minor Details Furthermore, it is not enforced by the EVM, so a contract function that "claims" to be constant might still cause changes to the state. - Types that do not occupy the full 32 bytes might contain "dirty higher order bits". - This is especially important if you access ``msg.data`` - it poses a malleability risk. + This is especially important if you access ``msg.data`` - it poses a malleability risk: + You can craft transactions that call a function ``f(uint8 x)`` with a raw byte argument + of ``0xff000001`` and with ``0x00000001``. Both are fed to the contract and both will + look like the number ``1`` as far as ``x`` is concerned, but ``msg.data`` will + be different, so if you use ``sha3(msg.data)`` for anything, you will get different results. *************** Recommendations |