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.
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1453 | third party advisory exploit |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html | mailing list exploit third party advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html | third party advisory mailing list |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 | third party advisory vendor advisory |