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LIN1022-6188 : Security Advisory - gtkwave - CVE-2023-37921

Created: Jan 8, 2024 Updated: Jul 27, 2025

Resolved Date: Jul 27, 2025

Found In Version: 10.22.33.1

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 22

Component/s: Userspace

Description

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 vcd2vzt conversion utility.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2023-37921 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37921)