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LIN1023-3270 : Security Advisory - gtkwave - CVE-2023-37573

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

Resolved Date: Jul 27, 2025

Found In Version: 10.23.30.1

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 23

Component/s: Userspace

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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2023-37573 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37573)