CVE-2023-37575 (GCVE-0-2023-37575)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-01-08 14:47
Modified
2025-06-17 20:39
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities exist in the VCD get_vartoken realloc functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .vcd file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the use-after-free when triggered via the GUI's interactive VCD parsing code.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GTKWave GTKWave Version: 3.3.115
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