CVE-2023-37923

Published Jan 8, 2024

Last updated 7 months ago

Overview

Description: 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 vcd2lxt conversion utility.
Source: talos-cna@cisco.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other
talos-cna@cisco.com: CWE-118

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:tonybybell:gtkwave:3.3.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3C619471-C2FB-4A2C-894C-2562A6BA76DF"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References