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ubuntu-cve-2021-40402

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2022-04-14 20:15

Modified

2026-05-20 14:53

Summary

Details

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture macro multiple outline primitives functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd), and Gerbv forked 2.7.1 and 2.8.0. A specially-crafted Gerber file can lead to information disclosure. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40402	REPORT
	https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/issues/80	REPORT
	https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_repor…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40402	REPORT

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CVE-2021-40402 (GCVE-0-2021-40402)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-14 19:56 – Updated: 2025-04-15 19:07

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-755 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

Assigner

talos

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_repor…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Gerbv	Gerbv	Affected: 2.7.0 Affected: dev (commit b5f1eacd)
Gerbv	Gerbv forked	Affected: 2.7.1 Affected: 2.8.0

Date Public

2022-02-28 00:00

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Sightings

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2021-40402 (GCVE-0-2021-40402)

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