CVE-2023-39273

Published: 8 January 2024

Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the LXT2 facgeometry parsing functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .lxt2 file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the integer overflow when allocating the `flags` array.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
gtkwave Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Needs triage
	focal	Needs triage
	jammy	Needs triage
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needs-triage)
	mantic	Needs triage
	noble	Needs triage
	trusty	Ignored (end of standard support)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Needs triage

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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