CVE-2023-4508 Denial of Service in Gerbv
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Gerbv by providing a specially crafted Gerber RS-274X file, leading to application crashes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-4508?
CVE-2023-4508 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in gerbv, published on 24 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A user able to control file input to Gerbv, between versions 2.4.0 and 2.10.0, can cause a crash and cause denial-of-service with a specially crafted Gerber RS-274X file.
Weakness: CWE-824
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4508?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gerbv Project Gerbv.
How do I fix CVE-2023-4508?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-4508 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4508 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in gerbv
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4508, GHSA-m4qj-9cr4-hrw4, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4508, USN-6760-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:13474-1.