CVE-2023-35959

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Jan 8, 2024
Updated: Nov 4, 2025
Reserved: Jun 20, 2023

Description

Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities exist in the decompression functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted wave file can lead to arbitrary command execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns `.ghw` decompression.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	talos

Weaknesses

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
GTKWaveGTKWave	3.3.115Affected

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1786
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1786

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