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DeFi Smart Contract Vulnerabilities Audit Guide

Here's a thinking process:

  1. Analyze User Request:

    • Topic: DeFi smart contract vulnerabilities
    • Quantity: 3 common ones
    • Requirement: List them + how to detect them
    • Constraint: Be specific
  2. Identify Key Vulnerabilities in DeFi Smart Contracts:
    I need to pick 3 that are among the most common and impactful. Common ones include:

    • Reentrancy attacks
    • Integer overflow/underflow (though less common now with Solidity ^0.8.0, still relevant in older code or other languages)
    • Access control issues (missing/misconfigured modifiers, owner key compromise)
    • Front-running / MEV issues
    • Logic errors in price oracles
    • Arithmetic errors (underflow/overflow in calculations)
    • Unchecked return values
    • Timestamp dependence
    • Flash loan attacks (

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