CVE-2023-4508
Denial of Service in Gerbv
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 24, 2023 at 10:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:37 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGerbv
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
A user able to control file input to Gerbv, between versions 2.4.0 and 2.10.0, can cause a crash and cause denial-of-service with a specially crafted Gerber RS-274X file.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 2.10.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4508Issue TrackingExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gerbv/gerbv/issues/191CVSS
5.5MEDIUMcanonical
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-824
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