Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in GTKWave 3.3.115's fstReaderIterBlocks2 VCDATA Parsing Functionality

CVE-2023-35955 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Multiple heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the fstReaderIterBlocks2 VCDATA parsing functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially-crafted .fst file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns the decompression function `LZ4_decompress_safe_partial`.

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