Detections
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CVE-2023-37443
high
Description
Multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities exist in the VCD var definition section functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .vcd file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the out-of-bounds read when triggered via the GUI's legacy VCD parsing code.
References
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1805
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html