PT-2022-16357 · Kicad Eda+2 · Kicad Eda+2

Claudio Bozzato · Published 2022-02-04 · Updated 2025-04-28 · CVE-2022-23947

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KiCad EDA versions 6.0.1 and prior

Description A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Gerber Viewer gerber and excellon DCodeNumber parsing functionality. This vulnerability can be triggered by a specially-crafted gerber or excellon file, potentially leading to code execution. An attacker can exploit this issue by providing a malicious file.

Recommendations For KiCad EDA version 6.0.1, consider avoiding the use of the Gerber Viewer until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the gerber and excellon DCodeNumber parsing functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-23947

DLA-2998-1

DLA-3078-1

DSA-5214-1

MGASA-2022-0295

USN-7466-1

Affected Products

Kicad Eda

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 33

• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7466-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23947 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23946 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23803 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3078-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0295.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7466-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0295 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23947 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23947 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23804 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5214-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23947 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 · Vendor Advisory