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DeFi Smart Contract Vulnerabilities Audit Guide

Here are three specific DeFi smart contract vulnerabilities suitable for inclusion in a professional audit report. Each entry includes the vulnerability type, a concrete technical scenario, potential impact, and recommended remediation.


1. Unchecked Return Value from transfer/send in Legacy Solidity (<0.5.0) with Non-Standard Tokens

Vulnerability Type: GAS-TOO-MUCH / UNHANDLED-RETURN

Severity: High

CWE: CWE-252 (Unchecked Return Value)

Description:

In Solidity versions prior to 0.5.0, the transfer and send functions forward 2300 gas to the recipient. If the recipient is a smart contract with a fallback/receive function that requires more than 2300 gas (e.g., to update internal state, emit events, or interact with another contract),

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