| Name | CVE-2022-23946 |
| Description | A 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2998-1, DLA-3078-1, DSA-5214-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| kicad (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.0.11+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 8.0.6+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 8.0.7+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kicad | source | stretch | 4.0.5+dfsg1-4+deb9u1 | DLA-2998-1 | ||
| kicad | source | buster | 5.0.2+dfsg1-1+deb10u1 | DLA-3078-1 | ||
| kicad | source | bullseye | 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 | DSA-5214-1 | ||
| kicad | source | (unstable) | 6.0.2+dfsg-1 |
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)