CVE-2022-23947
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon DCodeNumber parsing functionality of KiCad EDA 6.0.1 and master commit de006fc010.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon DCodeNumber parsing functionality of KiCad EDA 6.0.1 and master commit de006fc010. A specially-crafted gerber or excellon file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.46% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Affected
- kicad/kicad eda · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.