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7.8
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2022-23947
KiCad EDA Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 4, 2022, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:49 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-23947 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Kicad kicad_eda
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
The KiCad EDA software has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in its Gerber Viewer functionality.
  • Update the KiCad packages.
  • For Debian, ensure the version is 4.0.5+dfsg1-4+deb9u1 or later for Debian 9, and 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1 or later for Debian 11.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-23947.

URL Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-23947 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-23947 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-23947 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-23947 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
    Added Reference https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Talos https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE Talos CWE-121
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 19, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Talos AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 No Types Assigned https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kicad:kicad_eda:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.74 }} 0.51%

score

0.71892

percentile