Puppy Raffle

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Severity: high
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Fees Can Be Lost Due to Number Type Conversion

Root + Impact

Description

The contract calculates the total ETH collected from raffle entries, splits the funds so that 80% is paid to the winner and 20% is recorded as protocol fees, and accumulates these fees in the totalFees state variable for later withdrawal; however, the fee amount is calculated as a uint256 and then downcast to uint64 when added to totalFees, which can truncate the value once it exceeds the uint64 limit, leading to incorrect fee accounting and potentially causing protocol fees to become permanently locked.

uint256 totalAmountCollected = players.length * entranceFee;
uint256 prizePool = (totalAmountCollected * 80) / 100;
uint256 fee = (totalAmountCollected * 20) / 100;
// @> totalFees = totalFees + uint64(fee);

Risk

Likelihood:

  • Occurs as protocol usage increases and accumulated fees exceed uint64 capacity

  • No safeguards prevent fee growth beyond safe bounds

Impact:

  • Incorrect fee accounting

  • Protocol fees can become permanently stuck

  • Admin loses ability to withdraw earned fees

Proof of Concept

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;
contract PuppyRaffleFeeTruncationPoC {
uint256 public entranceFee = 1 ether;
uint64 public totalFees;
function simulateRaffle(uint256 numberOfPlayers) external {
uint256 totalAmountCollected = numberOfPlayers * entranceFee;
uint256 fee = (totalAmountCollected * 20) / 100;
totalFees = totalFees + uint64(fee);
}
// Helper function to show expected fee without truncation
function expectedFee(uint256 numberOfPlayers) external view returns (uint256) {
uint256 totalAmountCollected = numberOfPlayers * entranceFee;
return (totalAmountCollected * 20) / 100;
}
}

Recommended Mitigation

- uint64 public totalFees;
- totalFees = totalFees + uint64(fee);
+ uint256 public totalFees;
+ totalFees += fee;
Updates

Lead Judging Commences

ai-first-flight-judge Lead Judge about 6 hours ago
Submission Judgement Published
Validated
Assigned finding tags:

[H-05] Typecasting from uint256 to uint64 in PuppyRaffle.selectWinner() May Lead to Overflow and Incorrect Fee Calculation

## Description ## Vulnerability Details The type conversion from uint256 to uint64 in the expression 'totalFees = totalFees + uint64(fee)' may potentially cause overflow problems if the 'fee' exceeds the maximum value that a uint64 can accommodate (2^64 - 1). ```javascript totalFees = totalFees + uint64(fee); ``` ## POC <details> <summary>Code</summary> ```javascript function testOverflow() public { uint256 initialBalance = address(puppyRaffle).balance; // This value is greater than the maximum value a uint64 can hold uint256 fee = 2**64; // Send ether to the contract (bool success, ) = address(puppyRaffle).call{value: fee}(""); assertTrue(success); uint256 finalBalance = address(puppyRaffle).balance; // Check if the contract's balance increased by the expected amount assertEq(finalBalance, initialBalance + fee); } ``` </details> In this test, assertTrue(success) checks if the ether was successfully sent to the contract, and assertEq(finalBalance, initialBalance + fee) checks if the contract's balance increased by the expected amount. If the balance didn't increase as expected, it could indicate an overflow. ## Impact This could consequently lead to inaccuracies in the computation of 'totalFees'. ## Recommendations To resolve this issue, you should change the data type of `totalFees` from `uint64` to `uint256`. This will prevent any potential overflow issues, as `uint256` can accommodate much larger numbers than `uint64`. Here's how you can do it: Change the declaration of `totalFees` from: ```javascript uint64 public totalFees = 0; ``` to: ```jasvascript uint256 public totalFees = 0; ``` And update the line where `totalFees` is updated from: ```diff - totalFees = totalFees + uint64(fee); + totalFees = totalFees + fee; ``` This way, you ensure that the data types are consistent and can handle the range of values that your contract may encounter.

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