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CVE-2023-35958

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the fstReaderIterBlocks2 VCDATA parsing functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially-crafted .fst file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the copy function `fstFread`.

Affected products

• GTKWave: 3.3.115

References

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1785
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1785
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1785

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