CVE-2023-35959 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Multiple OS command injection vulnerabilities exist in the decompression functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted wave file can lead to arbitrary command execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger these vulnerabilities.This vulnerability concerns `.ghw` decompression.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Tonybybell	Gtkwave

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tonybybell:gtkwave:3.3.115:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1786

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2024-01-08T14:47:58.554Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T20:29:17.018Z

Reserved: 2023-06-20T18:31:47.415Z

Link: CVE-2023-35959

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:37:40.642Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T15:15:11.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:09:03.590

Link: CVE-2023-35959

Redhat

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