CVE-2023-39271 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the LXT2 facgeometry parsing functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .lxt2 file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the integer overflow when allocating the `msb` array.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Tonybybell	Gtkwave

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tonybybell:gtkwave:3.3.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1818

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2024-01-08T14:47:44.293Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T20:39:11.518Z

Reserved: 2023-07-26T18:33:01.501Z

Link: CVE-2023-39271

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:02:06.926Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T15:15:23.163

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:15:01.873

Link: CVE-2023-39271

Redhat

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