MuteBond.sol: When maxPayout is lowered the contract can end up DOSed

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact The maxPayout variable in the MuteBond contract specifies the amount of MUTE that is paid out in one epoch before the next epoch is entered. The variable is initialized in the constructor and can then be changed via the setMaxPayout function. The issue...

An attacker can front-run setMaxPayout() and freeze deposit() and the whole protocol from progressing in epochs.

Lines of code Vulnerability details Impact Detailed description of the impact of this finding. When the owner calls setMaxPayout to decrease maxPayout to newMaxPayout, an attacker can front-run it and deposit so that termsepoch.payoutTotal newMaxPayout. This will freeze deposit and the whole...