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Debian: CVE-2023-35957: gtkwave -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2023-35957: gtkwave -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/08/2024
Created
04/06/2024
Added
04/05/2024
Modified
04/05/2024

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the fstReaderIterBlocks2 VCDATA parsing functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially-crafted .fst file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the decompression function `uncompress`.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-gtkwave

References

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