# CVE-2021-40401: A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd)

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-02-04 · Updated: 2025-04-15

## Affected

- n/a Gerbv: Gerbv 2.7.0 ,Gerbv forked 2.7.1 ,Gerbv dev (commit b5f1eacd)

## Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the RS-274X aperture definition tokenization functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd) and Gerbv forked 2.7.1. A specially-crafted gerber file can lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Gerbv, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1415
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TUM5GIUZJ7AVHVCXDZW6ZVCAPV2ISN47/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306

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