VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-40401
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and Gerbv forked 2.7.1.
HIGH 8.6EPSS 1.32%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and Gerbv forked 2.7.1. A specially-crafted gerber file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.32% probability · 69th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-252
- Affected
- gerbv project/gerbv · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TUM5GIUZJ7AVHVCXDZW6ZVCAPV2ISN47/
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1415Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TUM5GIUZJ7AVHVCXDZW6ZVCAPV2ISN47/
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1415Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.