VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-23946

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-02-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon GCodeNumber 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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references