CVE-2022-23946 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-23946

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer...

Vulnerability 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.

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

KiCad
Vulnerable Versions:
KiCad EDA 6.0.1,KiCad EDA master commit de006fc010

Timeline

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

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)