Description
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities exist in the VCD get_vartoken realloc 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 use-after-free when triggered via the GUI's recoder (default) VCD parsing code.
Published: 2024-01-08
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3785-1 gtkwave security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5653-1 gtkwave security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-41459 Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities exist in the VCD get_vartoken realloc 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 use-after-free when triggered via the GUI's recoder (default) VCD parsing code.
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Tonybybell Gtkwave
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T18:15:40.885Z

Reserved: 2023-07-07T20:46:37.757Z

Link: CVE-2023-37573

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:16:30.896Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T15:15:17.473

Modified: 2025-11-04T19:15:49.580

Link: CVE-2023-37573

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