CVE-2021-40401 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2021-40401

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization...

Vulnerability Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and Gerbv forked 2.7.1. A specially-crafted gerber file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Gerbv
Vulnerable Versions:
Gerbv 2.7.0 ,Gerbv forked 2.7.1 ,Gerbv dev (commit b5f1eacd)

Timeline

Official Publish: February 4th, 2022
Last Modified: April 15th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.