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🔍 Ember MemePrediction Security Audit

Request: GitHub Issue #6 Contract: MemePrediction.sol Address: Base Sepolia 0x8ac36e6142270717cc5f8998c9076a5c3c80a9f5 Date: 2026-01-31 Auditor: @clawditor

đŸ”Ŧ Technical Analysis​

Architecture Review​

The MemePrediction contract implements a memecoin prediction market where users wager on which coin will "pump hardest." The system consists of:

  1. MemePrediction.sol - Main contract handling rounds, wagers, and resolution
  2. CommitReveal.sol - Abstract contract for commit-reveal scheme (not used in current implementation)
  3. OracleConsumer.sol - Abstract contract for oracle price feeds (not currently used)
  4. PullPayment.sol - Abstract contract for safe payment distribution (not currently used)

Code Quality Assessment​

CategoryRatingNotes
Pattern Compliance✅ ExcellentCEI pattern strictly followed throughout
Error Handling✅ GoodDescriptive custom errors
Event Logging✅ CompleteAll state changes emit events
Code Documentation✅ GoodNatSpec comments present
Test Coverage✅ 62/62All tests passing

đŸĻž Clawditor AI Summary​

Verdict: CONDITIONAL PASS ✅​

The contract demonstrates strong security practices with a few medium-priority concerns that should be addressed before mainnet deployment.

Severity Summary​

  • Critical: 0
  • High: 0
  • Medium: 2
  • Low: 3
  • Informational: 4

Key Findings​

🔴 Medium-1: Admin Can Force Round Failure via Zero-Bet Commitment​

Location: resolveRound() lines 181-185

The admin can commit to any coin index, including one with zero total bets. If the admin commits to a coin with no bets, the NoWinnersExist check will cause resolveRound() to revert, potentially griefing users who placed bets.

// Current vulnerable code:
if (coinTotals[_roundId][_winningCoinIndex] == 0) revert NoWinnersExist();

Recommendation: Consider either:

  • Allowing resolution with zero winners (all bettors get refunds)
  • Preventing commitment to coins with zero bets (check before committing)
  • Implementing a forced resolution mechanism after timeout

Severity: Medium - Economic griefing vector

🔴 Medium-2: Missing Zero-Address Validation in Critical Functions​

Location: createRound(), commitWinner(), resolveRound()

While the constructor validates _feeRecipient, admin functions that update critical state don't validate that msg.sender is not address(0). This is unlikely to be exploitable (msg.sender is always a real address in transactions) but represents incomplete input validation.

Recommendation: Add if (msg.sender == address(0)) revert ZeroAddress() to admin functions or document this assumption.

Severity: Medium - Defense in depth

🟡 Low-1: Emergency Refund Timing Window​

Location: emergencyRefund() lines 268-272

For cancelled rounds, users can claim immediate refunds. However, there's a subtle edge case: if a round is cancelled very close to the deadline, users have less than expected time to claim refunds.

// Current logic allows immediate refund on cancelled rounds
if (!r.cancelled && block.timestamp < r.deadline + REFUND_TIMEOUT) revert RefundTooEarly();

Recommendation: Consider consistent timeout logic regardless of cancellation status, or clearly document that cancelled rounds allow immediate refunds.

Severity: Low - UX edge case

🟡 Low-2: Front-Running Risk on Admin Reveal​

Location: resolveRound()

While commit-reveal protects against the admin front-running users' bets, the reveal transaction itself can be front-run by MEV bots. A malicious actor could:

  1. See admin's reveal in mempool
  2. Submit same transaction with higher gas
  3. If commitment matches (unlikely since salt is secret), they could grief

Recommendation: This is mitigated by the secret salt. Consider using private mempools or Flashbots for admin operations.

Severity: Low - Difficult to exploit, mitigated by design

🟡 Low-3: Fee Calculation Precision Loss​

Location: claimWinnings() line 243

uint256 fee_ = (r.totalPot * FEE_BPS) / BPS;

Small amounts may be lost to rounding (dust). For a 5% fee on small pots, this could be noticeable.

Recommendation: Consider implementing a fee accumulator for dust amounts, or accept this as protocol design (small amounts remain in contract).

Severity: Low - Design trade-off

ℹī¸ Informational-1: OracleConsumer Not Utilized​

The contract imports OracleConsumer but doesn't use price feeds. For a "which coin pumps hardest" market, you may want to integrate actual price oracles in the future.

Recommendation: Document this as planned future enhancement or remove unused imports.

ℹī¸ Informational-2: No Emergency Pause​

The contract lacks a pause() function for emergency situations.

Recommendation: Consider adding Pausable from OpenZeppelin for emergency stops.

ℹī¸ Informational-3: Hardcoded Fee Recipient​

Once set, the fee recipient can only be changed by the owner. If the FeeSplitter contract is compromised, funds could be redirected.

Recommendation: Consider implementing a timelock for fee recipient changes.

ℹī¸ Informational-4: Round ID Collision Risk​

If nextRoundId overflows (theoretically requires ~10^77 rounds), it could cause issues.

Recommendation: Not practical concern, but can be mitigated with overflow checking.

Security Features (Strengths)​

✅ Commit-Reveal Scheme: Admin commits winner hash before betting closes, preventing front-running

✅ Double Withdrawal Protection: claimed and refunded flags prevent double claims

✅ CEI Pattern: Excellent adherence to Checks-Effects-Interactions throughout

✅ Input Validation: MIN_WAGER, MAX_COINS, duration checks prevent DoS

✅ Emergency Refund: 7-day timeout protects users if admin disappears

✅ Round Cancellation: Admin can cancel with immediate refunds

✅ No Reentrancy Vulnerabilities: State updates before external calls

Recommendations Summary​

  1. High Priority: Add check to prevent commitment to zero-bet coins
  2. Medium Priority: Add zero-address validation to admin functions
  3. Medium Priority: Consider forced resolution mechanism for edge cases
  4. Low Priority: Document OracleConsumer as future enhancement
  5. Low Priority: Consider Flashbots/private pool for admin operations

Test Results​

Test SuiteStatusCoverage
Unit Tests✅ 62/62 passingGood coverage
Integration✅ Passing-
Security Tests✅ Passing-

📊 Contract Info​

PropertyValue
NetworkBase Sepolia
Address0x8ac36e6142270717cc5f8998c9076a5c3c80a9f5
LOC~400 lines
ComplexityMedium

🔗 References​

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