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
Published Feb 4, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.46%
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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product KiCad Defaultn/a
- Version KiCad EDA 6.0.1,KiCad EDA master commit de006fc010StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | KiCad | n/a |
|
Configuration 2
- 35
Configuration 3
- 9.0
- 10.0
- 11.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Apr 15, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
Score over time
2022-2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1.46% (0.01460) | 72.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.41% (0.01405) | 68.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.26% (0.00259) | 47.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00290) | 69.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 24, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00216) | 59.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00152) | 51.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 26, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00106) | 42.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 12, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00089) | 37.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 12, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00077) | 31.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 9, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 26.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 20.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 75.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 75.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 30, 2022 | 2.68% (0.02682) | 81.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| May 10, 2022 | 1.56% (0.01559) | 73.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.00% (0.01005) | 34.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 3, 2022 | 1.00% (0.01005) | 18.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 11, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 21.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 8, 2022 | 2.15% (0.02155) | 57.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00009.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00010.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5EMCGSSP3FIWCSL2KXVXLF35JYZKZE5Q/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1460 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5214 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory |
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