| Name | CVE-2021-40400 |
| Description | An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture macro outline primitive functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and the forked version of Gerbv (commit d7f42a9a). A specially-crafted Gerber file can lead to information disclosure. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gerbv (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.7.0-2+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.9.6-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.10.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gerbv | source | (unstable) | 2.9.2-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/issues/79
https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/pull/124
Fixed by: https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/commit/caa6560d5d683f827c672fd5e380f89a8ef632b6
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1413
Crash in GUI tool, no security impact