Out-of-bounds Write

2024-04-1607:20:32

Veracode Vulnerability Database

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gtkwave

vulnerability

bounds checking

vcd

code execution

software

CVSS3

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

23.1%

JSON

gtkwave is vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. The vulnerability is due to inadequate bounds checking within its VCD parse_valuechange portdump functionality by the vcd2lxt2 conversion utility. It allows a Crafting a specially designed .vcd file can result in arbitrary code execution.