What is CVE-2023-4508?

CVE-2023-4508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gerbv, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-4508?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gerbv

CVE-2023-4508

A user able to control file input to Gerbv, between versions 2.4.0 and 2.10.0, can cause a crash and cause denial-of-service with a specially crafted Gerber RS-274X file.

Published 2023-08-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gerbv — versions 2.4.0
Gerbv Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer

References

github.com/gerbv/gerbv/issues/191 (issue-tracking, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/gerbv/gerbv/commit/5517e22250e935dc7f86f64ad414aeae3dbcb36a (patch)
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-4508?: CVE-2023-4508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gerbv, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-4508?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.