CVEs / CVE-2023-5217
CVE-2023-5217: Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 2 Oct 2023
- high 8.8 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
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.
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 and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome | from 117.0.5938.132, before 117.0.5938.132 | 117.0.5938.132 |
| Google libvpx | from 1.13.1, before 1.13.1 | 1.13.1 |
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| electron (npm) | before 22.3.25 | 22.3.25 |
| electron (npm) | from 24.0.0, before 24.8.5 | 24.8.5 |
| electron (npm) | from 25.0.0, before 25.8.4 | 25.8.4 |
| electron (npm) | from 26.0.0, before 26.2.4 | 26.2.4 |
| electron (npm) | from 27.0.0-alpha.1, before 27.0.0-beta.8 | 27.0.0-beta.8 |
Package versions from GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g.
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 2 Oct 2023 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 23 Oct 2023 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
References
- CVE-2023-5217 on NVD
- CVE-2023-5217 in the CISA KEV catalog
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html (cited by CISA)
- CVE-2023-5217 on OSV
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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