USN-6760-1

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    USN-6760-1

    Published: 30 Apr 2024Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: gerbv vulnerability

    Details: George-Andrei Iosif and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that Gerbv did not properly initialize a data structure when parsing certain nested RS-274X format files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (application crash).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6760-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4508

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gerbv

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gerbv?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm2

    Affected versions

    2.6.0-1
    2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1

    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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