CVE-2022-23803

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.

Affected

KiCad

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v3.0 CISCO

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 76th percentile

Published

2022-02-16

Updated

2025-04-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1453

Security advisories

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry