CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-5217

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2023-09-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability — Google Chromium libvpx

Google Chromium libvpx contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vp8 encoding that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could impact web browsers using libvpx, including but not limited to Google Chrome.

Added to KEV: 2023-10-02
Remediation due: 2023-10-23
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Notes: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2023-09-28
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses: CWE-787

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)

Affected configurations

• webmproject libvpx (< 1.13.1) • microsoft edge 116.0.1938.98 • microsoft edge 117.0.2045.47 • microsoft edge chromium 116.0.5845.229 • microsoft edge chromium 117.0.5938.132 • mozilla firefox (< 115.3.1) • mozilla firefox (< 118.0.1) • mozilla firefox (< 118.1) • mozilla thunderbird (< 115.3.1) • fedoraproject fedora 37 • fedoraproject fedora 38 • fedoraproject fedora 39 • debian debian linux 10.0 • debian debian linux 11.0 • debian debian linux 12.0 • apple ipados (>= 17.0 < 17.0.3) • apple ipados 16.7 • apple iphone os (>= 17.0 < 17.0.3) • apple iphone os 16.7 • google chrome (< 117.0.5938.132) • redhat enterprise linux 9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References

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http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590 Patch
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https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags Product
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html Mailing List
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/ Mailing List
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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