CVE-2022-23946

NameCVE-2022-23946
DescriptionA stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon GCodeNumber 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2998-1, DLA-3078-1, DSA-5214-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
kicad (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm6.0.11+dfsg-1fixed
sid, trixie8.0.6+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kicadsourcestretch4.0.5+dfsg1-4+deb9u1DLA-2998-1
kicadsourcebuster5.0.2+dfsg1-1+deb10u1DLA-3078-1
kicadsourcebullseye5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1DSA-5214-1
kicadsource(unstable)6.0.2+dfsg-1

Notes

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460
https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/10700
https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/54b20cb0492ee20eb9efaff478eaa51fe17b4ca3 (master)
https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/a7fbdfe9182fe075d1f36cf1f23432b28caf03b3 (6.0.2)

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