CVE-2023-4508
Denial of Service in Gerbv
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Denial of Service in Gerbv
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-4508- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-824
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54363
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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-54363- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m4qj-9cr4-hrw4
A user able to control file input to Gerbv, between versions 2.4.0 and 2.10.0, can cause a crash...
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.
- Record
GHSA-m4qj-9cr4-hrw4- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-824
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-4508- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-824
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Denial of Service in Gerbv
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-4508- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-824
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2023-4508
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2023-4508- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-4508
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-4508- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:13474-1 No score
gerbv-2.10.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the gerbv-2.10.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:13474-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6760-1 No score
gerbv vulnerability
George-Andrei Iosif and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that Gerbv did not properly initialize a data structure when parsing certain nested RS-274X format files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service (application crash).
- Record
USN-6760-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
gerbvDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 2.10.0-12.10.0-22.9.6-12.9.8-1 |
None known |
gerbvDebian:13 |
before 2.10.0-1 | 2.10.0-1 |
gerbvDebian:10 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.7.0-1+deb10u3, plus listed versions 2.7.0-12.7.0-1+deb10u12.7.0-1+deb10u2 |
2.7.0-1+deb10u3 |
gerbvUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS |
before 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm2, plus listed versions 2.6.0-12.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1 |
2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm2 |
gerbvUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
before 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2, plus listed versions 2.6.0-12.6.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 |
2.6.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2 |
gerbvUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
before 2.6.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2, plus listed versions 2.6.1-22.6.1-32.6.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
2.6.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
gerbvUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions 2.7.0-12.7.0-1ubuntu0.1 |
2.7.0-1ubuntu0.2 |
gerbvUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS |
before 2.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, plus listed versions 2.7.0-22.7.1-12.8.0-12.8.1-12.8.2-12.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
2.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4508 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Gerbv, published August 24, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 26th percentile. Fixed in gerbv 2.10.0-1.
References
github.com/gerbv/gerbv/issues/191
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4508
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4508
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00040.html
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4508
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-4508
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4508
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4508