Name: CVE-2021-40401: Unchecked Return Value
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2022-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-40401, CWE-252, CVSS 8.6, EPSS 0.00269

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.6
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 10
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade gerbv	Nov 30, 2022	Feb 4, 2022
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade gerbvUpgrade gerbv (Ubuntu Pro)	Nov 19, 2024	Feb 4, 2022

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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