CVE catalog
CVE-2023-37922
gtkwave: CVE-2023-37922
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.43% · Oct 25, 2026
Multiple arbitrary write vulnerabilities exist in the VCD sorted bsearch 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 arbitrary write when triggered via the vcd2lxt2 conversion utility.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gtkwave | sid | 3.3.127-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gtkwave | forky | 3.3.127-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gtkwave | trixie | 3.3.121-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gtkwave | bookworm | 3.3.118-0.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| Debian | gtkwave | bookworm-security | 3.3.118-0.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gtkwave | source | sid | 3.3.118-0.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1060407] |
| Debian | gtkwave | source | forky | 3.3.118-0.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1060407] |
| Debian | gtkwave | source | trixie | 3.3.118-0.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1060407] |
| Debian | gtkwave | source | bookworm | 3.3.118-0.1~deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1060407] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.