CVE-2021-40402 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the RS-274X aperture macro multiple outline primitives functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0, dev (commit b5f1eacd), and Gerbv forked 2.7.1 and 2.8.0. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially-crafted Gerber file, leading to information disclosure. Rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, allowing for potential information disclosure without authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the KEV catalog, though it has received limited community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.7.0:dev:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.7.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gerbv_project:gerbv:2.8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.