vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2023-37923: gtkwave -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 8, 2024
Added
Apr 5, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Multiple arbitrary write vulnerabilities exist in the VCD sorted bsearch functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .vcd file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the arbitrary write when triggered via the vcd2lxt conversion utility.

Solution

debian-upgrade-gtkwave
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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