DoS with Block Gas Limit

Each block has an upper bound on the amount of gas that can be spent, determining the extent of computational operations. If the gas spent exceeds this limit, the transaction will fail. This leads to Denial of Service.

SWC-128 - DoS With Block Gas Limit

Remediation

Let users withdraw funds rather than push funds to them automatically.

Learn more about this vulnerability on SecDim Learn: Stuck Ponzi

Metadata

Severity: medium
Slug: dos-with-block-gas-limit

CWEs

400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Available Labs

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easy

Bad interest.sol

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