Out-of-bounds Write Affecting gtkwave package, versions <3.3.118-0.1~deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GTKWAVE-6146533
  • published9 Jan 2024
  • disclosed8 Jan 2024

Introduced: 8 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-36747  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (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 heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the fstReaderIterBlocks2 fstWritex len functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .fst file can lead to memory corruption. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the handling of len in fstWritex when beg_time does not match the start of the time table.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1