High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Feb 4, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-40401
CVE-2021-40401
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and Gerbv forked 2.7.1. A specially-crafted gerber file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
2- Gerbv/Gerbvdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1415nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TUM5GIUZJ7AVHVCXDZW6ZVCAPV2ISN47/nvd
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