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Informational 17 Bitcoin

Remove `TextArea.allow_text_overflow`

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What the developer wrote

Authored by kdmukai

35/100 · Opaque
Remove `TextArea.allow_text_overflow`
✓ Descriptive subject! No meaningful explanatory body! Opaque security-relevant change
The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit removes a UI flag called allow_text_overflow from SeedSigner's on-screen text rendering code. Previously, the flag decided whether text that was too long should be silently allowed to spill past its box (overflow) or trigger an error. After the change, the code always allows overflow and just logs a warning. This is a code-cleanup and UI-layout change; it does not introduce a way for an attacker to steal funds or keys, but it could make some translated screens look clipped or unreadable.

Recommended action

Treat as a routine UI refactor. Reviewers may want to verify that screens with long translations still render legibly, since overflow is now silently allowed rather than raising an exception. No security patch or incident response is indicated.

Security signals we found

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No cryptographic, wallet-seed, or input-validation code is touched

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Exception path removed: TextDoesNotFitException no longer raised for single-word overflow

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All changes are in GUI rendering/layout components

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No network, file-system, or privileged operations are added

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No references to CVEs, security advisories, or researchers in commit message or diff

Risk score

Why this scored 17/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 2/30
Exploitability 1/25
Stealth signal 1/15
Affected reach 3/15
Confidence 7/10
Evidence quality 3/5
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