CVE-2022-23947

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon DCodeNumber 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-121 CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	KiCad	KiCad EDA 6.0.1,KiCad EDA master commit de006fc010

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 4, 2022
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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