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CVE-2021-40401

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40401 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0, dev, and forked 2.7.1, affecting various Debian and Fedora distributions. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted gerber file, leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 8.6 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, there is some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.7.1:forked_dev:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TUM5GIUZJ7AVHVCXDZW6ZVCAPV2ISN47
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1415
ExploitThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5306
Third Party Advisory