GTKWave — Vulnerabilities & Security Advisories 82

This page documents Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) vulnerabilities associated with GTKWave, an open-source GTK+ based waveform viewer and analysis tool developed by the GTKWave project. It aggregates security weaknesses affecting this waveform viewer software, covering reported issues from 2017 through the present. By reviewing this collection, users can track a vendor's security advisories to stay informed about recent fixes, understand the characteristics of specific weakness classes impacting signal analysis tools, and look up a product's vulnerability history to assess its long-term security posture. GTKWave, widely used for visualizing VCD and other trace formats, has faced various security challenges primarily related to input parsing and file handling. These vulnerabilities often stem from improper validation of external data sources, potentially allowing attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions or execute arbitrary code through malformed input files. The aggregated data here provides a structured view of these incidents, facilitating better risk assessment for developers and end-users who rely on this tool for hardware and software debugging. Understanding the evolution of these weaknesses helps in identifying common pitfalls in handling binary trace formats and emphasizes the importance of robust input sanitization in visualization software. This resource serves as a historical record and a reference point for evaluating the security implications of using GTKWave in sensitive environments.