Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Move VM
Hack or exploit on Jun 15, 2023 · Overflow Vulnerability
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Recently, a security firm discovered a stack overflow vulnerability in the Move VM that does not limit the depth of recursive calls, which can cause a total network shutdown, prevent new validator nodes from joining the network, and potentially even cause a hard fork. mainnet_v1.2.1, Aptos mainnet_v1.4.3 and earlier are all affected by this vulnerability. Suimainnet_v1.2.1, Aptosmainnet_v1.4.3, and Move-language versions after June 10, 2023 fix this vulnerability.
Details
- Date
- Jun 15, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Overflow Vulnerability
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Move VM hack, Jun 15, 2023: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4b79a0660a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).