CVE-2023-5217: Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
High · CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 49.0%, 99th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: Chrome
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Google: ChromeGoogle: libvpx
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-… (opens in new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (opens in new tab)
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html (opens in new tab)
- crbug.com/1486441 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags (opens in new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html (opens in new tab)
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- pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv (opens in new tab)
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217 (opens in new tab)
- stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/ (opens in new tab)
- twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510 (opens in new tab)
- www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/ (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2 (opens in new tab)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)