Out-of-bounds read in gerbv products - CVE-2021-40400
Published: March 1, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU60910
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-40400
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the RS-274X aperture macro outline primitive functionality. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted Gerber file, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Gerbv forked
Gerbv forked dev
Gerbv
Gerbv forked dev
Gerbv
How to mitigate CVE-2021-40400
Install updates from vendor's website.
Gerbv - update to 2.7.2