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title: "CVE-2022-23947\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2022-23947

Publication date 4 February 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23947?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer
gerber and excellon DCodeNumber parsing functionality of KiCad EDA 6.0.1
and master commit de006fc010. A specially-crafted gerber or excellon file
can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to
trigger this vulnerability.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kicad | 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Fixed 5.1.5+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Fixed 4.0.7+dfsg1-1ubuntu2+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23947?format=md#patch-details)

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### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| kicad | * Upstream:   [54b20cb](https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/54b20cb0492ee20eb9efaff478eaa51fe17b4ca3) * Upstream:   [a7fbdfe](https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/commit/a7fbdfe9182fe075d1f36cf1f23432b28caf03b3) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Local |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23947)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23947)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2022-23947)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23947)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-7466-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-7466-1)
+ KiCad vulnerabilities
+ 28 April 2025

### Other references

* <https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23947>
* <https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/10700>