CVE-2023-35955 HIGH

CVE-2023-35955

Vendor Gtkwave
Product GTKWave
Weakness CWE-119
Published January 8, 2024
Last update November 4, 2025

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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`.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 8, 2024 CVE published
November 4, 2025 Record updated