Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package gerbv (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-GERBV-11743932
- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed22 Dec 2021
Introduced: 22 Dec 2021
CVE-2021-40394 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:14.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gerbv package and not the gerbv package as distributed by Debian.
An out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture macro variables handling functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and the forked version of Gerbv (commit 71493260). A specially-crafted gerber file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.