UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23803

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23803

    Published: 16 Feb 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-23803
    Aliases:
    USN-7466-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23803, https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1453, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23803, https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/10719, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7466-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kicad

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg1-4?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.0.0~rc1a-1ubuntu1
    4.0.0~rc1a-3
    4.0.1+dfsg1-1
    4.0.1+dfsg1-2
    4.0.2+dfsg1-1
    4.0.2+dfsg1-4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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