CVE-2022-23803
CVSS v3
7.8
HIGH
EPSS Score
1.7 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Vendor advisories
- CVE-2022-23803 Red Hat Product Security
kicad: KiCad 6.0.1 Stack-based buffer overflow in ReadXYCoord
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.
Technical details
- Published
- 2022-02-16
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