CVE-2023-37446

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jan 8, 2024
Updated
Nov 4, 2025
Reserved
Jul 5, 2023

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Description

Multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities exist in the VCD var definition section 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 out-of-bounds write when triggered via the vcd2lxt2 conversion utility.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Htalos

Weaknesses

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Affected Products

ProductVersions
GTKWaveGTKWave
  • 3.3.115Affected

References

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