CVE-2023-35989 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the LXT2 zlib block allocation functionality of GTKWave 3.3.115. A specially crafted .lxt2 file can lead to arbitrary code execution. A victim would need to open a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

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 poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Tonybybell	Gtkwave

Configuration 1 [-]

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00007.html
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1822

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2024-01-08T14:47:42.164Z

Updated: 2025-06-17T20:29:18.087Z

Reserved: 2023-07-31T19:23:15.979Z

Link: CVE-2023-35989

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:37:41.214Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T15:15:12.800

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:09:07.213

Link: CVE-2023-35989

Redhat

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