🛡️ CVE-2023-37444 — gtkwave

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-119 NVD

7.8

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Multiple out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities exist in the VCD var definition section 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 out-of-bounds read when triggered via the GUI's interactive VCD parsing code.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-37444 is classified as CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Buffer Bounds. A read or write is performed without confirming it stays inside the allocated buffer, corrupting adjacent memory.

Affected software

CVE-2023-37444 is recorded against 1 package.

gtkwave

Timeline and source

Published on 8 January 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

lists.debian.org
talosintelligence.com
lists.debian.org
talosintelligence.com
www.talosintelligence.com

CVE-2023-37444 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian Ubuntu

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 7.8

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE CWE-119

Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes

Source NVD

Published 2024-01-08

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-06-17

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
gtkwave	—	—

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1805

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1805

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1805

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