FKIE_CVE-2023-37923

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-01-08 15:15 - Updated: 2025-11-04 19:15
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
talos-cna@cisco.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1807Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1807Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1807
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tonybybell gtkwave 3.3.115
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  "lastModified": "2025-11-04T19:15:50.570",
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