diff --git a/packages/lib-sourcify/src/lib/verification.ts b/packages/lib-sourcify/src/lib/verification.ts
index aa126c49a..7e6ac8175 100644
--- a/packages/lib-sourcify/src/lib/verification.ts
+++ b/packages/lib-sourcify/src/lib/verification.ts
@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ export async function matchWithCreationTx(
   creatorTxHash: string,
   recompiledMetadata: Metadata
 ) {
+  if (recompiledCreationBytecode === '0x') {
+    match.status = null;
+    match.message = `Failed to match with creation bytecode: recompiled contract's creation bytecode is empty`;
+    return;
+  }
   const creatorTx = await getTx(creatorTxHash, sourcifyChain);
   const creatorTxData = creatorTx.input;
 
diff --git a/packages/lib-sourcify/test/sources/AbstractCreationBytecodeAttack/metadata.json b/packages/lib-sourcify/test/sources/AbstractCreationBytecodeAttack/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d434360de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lib-sourcify/test/sources/AbstractCreationBytecodeAttack/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "compiler": {
+    "version": "0.6.12+commit.27d51765"
+  },
+  "language": "Solidity",
+  "output": {
+    "abi": [],
+    "devdoc": {
+      "kind": "dev",
+      "methods": {},
+      "version": 1
+    },
+    "userdoc": {
+      "kind": "user",
+      "methods": {},
+      "version": 1
+    }
+  },
+  "settings": {
+    "compilationTarget": {
+      "sources/FFF.sol": "FFF"
+    },
+    "evmVersion": "istanbul",
+    "libraries": {},
+    "metadata": {
+      "bytecodeHash": "ipfs"
+    },
+    "optimizer": {
+      "enabled": false,
+      "runs": 200
+    },
+    "remappings": []
+  },
+  "sources": {
+    "sources/FFF.sol": {
+      "keccak256": "0x7ed3554b3f768ad3b3069d7fc8b1a08a24500507fc8a60eb11c726e37f3cd9a3",
+      "urls": [
+        "bzz-raw://6d83c127e075a149ec14c6af579bc7b24955cdb7578ae7da2f253b7142d267cc",
+        "dweb:/ipfs/QmW6tdCTV7X5dd5LCKDWedbMmkurQTMi4ePx7LY3DNuLn7"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/packages/lib-sourcify/test/sources/AbstractCreationBytecodeAttack/sources/FFF.sol b/packages/lib-sourcify/test/sources/AbstractCreationBytecodeAttack/sources/FFF.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b12b1d274
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lib-sourcify/test/sources/AbstractCreationBytecodeAttack/sources/FFF.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pragma solidity 0.6.12;
+
+abstract contract FFF{
+    constructor (uint256 a) public payable {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/lib-sourcify/test/verification.spec.ts b/packages/lib-sourcify/test/verification.spec.ts
index 248feb2f5..821bed1bf 100644
--- a/packages/lib-sourcify/test/verification.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/lib-sourcify/test/verification.spec.ts
@@ -623,6 +623,47 @@ describe('lib-sourcify tests', () => {
       expectMatch(match, null, deployedAddress, undefined); // status is null
     });
 
+    it('should fail to matchWithCreationTx when passing an abstract contract', async () => {
+      const contractFolderPath = path.join(
+        __dirname,
+        'sources',
+        'WithImmutables'
+      );
+
+      const [deployedAddress, creatorTxHash] = await deployFromAbiAndBytecode(
+        localWeb3Provider,
+        contractFolderPath,
+        accounts[0],
+        ['12345']
+      );
+
+      const maliciousContractFolderPath = path.join(
+        __dirname,
+        'sources',
+        'AbstractCreationBytecodeAttack'
+      );
+      const checkedContracts = await checkFilesFromContractFolder(
+        maliciousContractFolderPath
+      );
+      const recompiled = await checkedContracts[0].recompile();
+      const match = {
+        address: deployedAddress,
+        chainId: sourcifyChainGanache.chainId.toString(),
+        status: null,
+      };
+      const recompiledMetadata: Metadata = JSON.parse(recompiled.metadata);
+
+      await matchWithCreationTx(
+        match,
+        recompiled.creationBytecode,
+        sourcifyChainGanache,
+        deployedAddress,
+        creatorTxHash,
+        recompiledMetadata
+      );
+      expectMatch(match, null, deployedAddress, undefined); // status is null
+    });
+
     it('should successfuly verify with matchWithCreationTx with creationTxHash', async () => {
       const contractFolderPath = path.join(
         __dirname,