diff --git a/core/vm/contracts.go b/core/vm/contracts.go
index 539d34388a..278746e02c 100644
--- a/core/vm/contracts.go
+++ b/core/vm/contracts.go
@@ -407,12 +407,18 @@ func (c *bigModExp) RequiredGas(input []byte) uint64 {
 
 func (c *bigModExp) Run(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var (
-		baseLen = new(big.Int).SetBytes(getData(input, 0, 32)).Uint64()
-		expLen  = new(big.Int).SetBytes(getData(input, 32, 32)).Uint64()
-		modLen  = new(big.Int).SetBytes(getData(input, 64, 32)).Uint64()
+		baseLenBigInt = new(big.Int).SetBytes(getData(input, 0, 32))
+		expLenBigInt  = new(big.Int).SetBytes(getData(input, 32, 32))
+		modLenBigInt  = new(big.Int).SetBytes(getData(input, 64, 32))
+	)
+	var (
+		baseLen = baseLenBigInt.Uint64()
+		expLen  = expLenBigInt.Uint64()
+		modLen  = modLenBigInt.Uint64()
 	)
 	// Check that all inputs are `u256` (32 - bytes) or less, revert otherwise
-	if baseLen > 32 || expLen > 32 || modLen > 32 {
+	var lenLimit = new(big.Int).SetInt64(32)
+	if baseLenBigInt.Cmp(lenLimit) > 0 || expLenBigInt.Cmp(lenLimit) > 0 || modLenBigInt.Cmp(lenLimit) > 0 {
 		return nil, errModexpUnsupportedInput
 	}
 	if len(input) > 96 {
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index 0802f41b38..f525aa1228 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 4         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 57        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 58        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "sepolia" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )