High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-23803
CVE-2022-23803
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- KiCad EDA/KiCad EDAdescription
Patches
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References
5- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1453nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/nvd
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