CVE-2023-37922 Affecting gtkwave package, versions <3.3.118-0.1~deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GTKWAVE-6146326
  • published9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed8 Jan 2024

Introduced: 8 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-37922  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 gtkwave to version 3.3.118-0.1~deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gtkwave package and not the gtkwave package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple arbitrary write vulnerabilities exist in the VCD sorted bsearch functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .vcd file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the arbitrary write when triggered via the vcd2lxt2 conversion utility.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1