CVE-2022-23803
kicad - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.5%
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon ReadXYCoord coordinate 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.
How to fix CVE-2022-23803
To remediate CVE-2022-23803, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.5+dfsg1-4+deb9u1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.0.2+dfsg1-1+deb10u1 or later
- —upgrade to 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2022-23803 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1
- from 0, < 4.0.5+dfsg1-4+deb9u1
- from 0, < 5.0.2+dfsg1-1+deb10u1
- from 0, < 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |