# CVE-2021-40403

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2021-40403
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 5.8 (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N)
- **CWE:** CWE-456
- **Published:** Feb 4, 2022
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the pick-and-place rotation parsing functionality of Gerbv 2.7.0 and dev (commit b5f1eacd), and Gerbv forked 2.8.0. A specially-crafted pick-and-place file can exploit the missing initialization of a structure to leak memory contents. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

## Affected Products

- n/a — Gerbv (Gerbv 2.7.0 ,Gerbv forked 2.8.0 ,Gerbv dev (commit b5f1eacd))

## References

- [CNA](https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1417)
- [CNA](https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PTGBC37N2FV7NKOWFVCFMPAFYEPHSB7C/)
- [CNA](https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5306)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.13%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 32.6

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._