diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index abe66aa8..dceea82c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash v1.0.1
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.9.1
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
-	github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go v1.2.17
+	github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go v1.2.19-0.20231123115253-158315dc4238
 	github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-crypto-go v1.2.8
 	github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-logger-go v1.0.13
-	github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-vm-common-go v1.5.6
+	github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-vm-common-go v1.5.9-0.20231123115741-c8a4816c447a
 	github.com/multiversx/mx-components-big-int v1.0.0
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b77094dd..66e6d090 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -67,14 +67,14 @@ github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 h1:xBagoLtFs94CBntxluKeaWgTMpvLxC4ur3nMaC9G
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:yWuevngMOJpCy52FWWMvUC8ws7m/LJsjYzDa0/r8luk=
 github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.2.0 h1:T/HDJBh4ZCPbU39/+c3rRvE0uKBQlU27+QI8LJ4t64o=
 github.com/mr-tron/base58 v1.2.0/go.mod h1:BinMc/sQntlIE1frQmRFPUoPA1Zkr8VRgBdjWI2mNwc=
-github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go v1.2.17 h1:/7YEuowxnpOtZLAJbuibNWE/8rDcG+WMhNVvrnljPg0=
-github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go v1.2.17/go.mod h1:BILOGHUOIG5dNNX8cgkzCNfDaVtoYrJRYcPnpxRMH84=
+github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go v1.2.19-0.20231123115253-158315dc4238 h1:nlDelmQou2635GW2YACZMAHTc+cRxBvtHE0dRQuVC0U=
+github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-core-go v1.2.19-0.20231123115253-158315dc4238/go.mod h1:BILOGHUOIG5dNNX8cgkzCNfDaVtoYrJRYcPnpxRMH84=
 github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-crypto-go v1.2.8 h1:wOgVlUaO5X4L8iEbFjcQcL8SZvv6WZ7LqH73BiRPhxU=
 github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-crypto-go v1.2.8/go.mod h1:fkaWKp1rbQN9wPKya5jeoRyC+c/SyN/NfggreyeBw+8=
 github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-logger-go v1.0.13 h1:eru/TETo0MkO4ZTnXsQDKf4PBRpAXmqjT02klNT/JnY=
 github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-logger-go v1.0.13/go.mod h1:MZJhTAtZTJxT+yK2EHc4ZW3YOHUc1UdjCD0iahRNBZk=
-github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-vm-common-go v1.5.6 h1:hAWCIkFc5vcweBzpataVsJf0PCPc7tfQBGW/q8nzQ8A=
-github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-vm-common-go v1.5.6/go.mod h1:S8bbBlbOVKgl8YBnlmmHakYiSXjKPcSd6WW+Nku/Xys=
+github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-vm-common-go v1.5.9-0.20231123115741-c8a4816c447a h1:LYEKM1wKOiT3SKqYIJEUDVZEV7VM5ISVjXkg1Jbxsk0=
+github.com/multiversx/mx-chain-vm-common-go v1.5.9-0.20231123115741-c8a4816c447a/go.mod h1:Uu29N9DDx6iWDrDVPRUiLosrzlbNsYgpNfyhOQztEfE=
 github.com/multiversx/mx-components-big-int v1.0.0 h1:Wkr8lSzK2nDqixOrrBa47VNuqdhV1m/aJhaP1EMaiS8=
 github.com/multiversx/mx-components-big-int v1.0.0/go.mod h1:maIEMgHlNE2u78JaDD0oLzri+ShgU4okHfzP3LWGdQM=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.3 h1:zeC5b1GviRUyKYd6OJPvBU/mcVDVoL1OhT17FCt5dSQ=
diff --git a/vmhost/contexts/runtime.go b/vmhost/contexts/runtime.go
index 66c14ab3..27800f79 100644
--- a/vmhost/contexts/runtime.go
+++ b/vmhost/contexts/runtime.go
@@ -1084,10 +1084,13 @@ func (context *runtimeContext) MemLoad(offset int32, length int32) ([]byte, erro
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mem load: %w", vmhost.ErrNegativeLength)
 	}
 
-	result := make([]byte, length)
+	var result []byte
+
 	if isRequestedEndTooLarge {
+		result = make([]byte, memoryLength-uint32(offset))
 		copy(result, memoryView[offset:])
 	} else {
+		result = make([]byte, requestedEnd-offset)
 		copy(result, memoryView[offset:requestedEnd])
 	}
 
diff --git a/vmhost/contexts/runtime_test.go b/vmhost/contexts/runtime_test.go
index 419f9a9c..f29490c3 100644
--- a/vmhost/contexts/runtime_test.go
+++ b/vmhost/contexts/runtime_test.go
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ func TestRuntimeContext_MemLoadCases(t *testing.T) {
 	length = 9
 	memContents, err = runtimeContext.MemLoad(offset, length)
 	require.Nil(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, []byte{'e', 's', 't', ' ', 'd', 'a', 't', 'a', 0}, memContents)
+	require.Equal(t, []byte{'e', 's', 't', ' ', 'd', 'a', 't', 'a'}, memContents)
 
 	// Zero length
 	offset = int32(memory.Length() - 8)