High severity · published Sep 28, 2023
CVE-2023-5217
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
In wildKEV
8.8
CVSS
49%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
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)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)49.0% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Oct 2, 2023
Federal remediation dueOct 23, 2023
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
117.0.5938.132 before 117.0.5938.132 · source: vendor, NVD
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
before 115.3.1; before 118.0.1; before 118.1 · source: NVD
IO
iOS · Apple
17.0 before 17.0.3; 16.7 · source: NVD
LI
libvpx · Google
1.13.1 before 1.13.1 · source: vendor, NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0; 12.0 · source: NVD
ED
Edge · Microsoft
116.0.1938.98; 117.0.2045.47 · source: NVD
EC
Edge Chromium · Microsoft
116.0.5845.229; 117.0.5938.132 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38; 39 · source: NVD
TH
Thunderbird · Mozilla
before 115.3.1 · source: NVD
CL
Chromium libvpx · Google
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
crbug.com
https://crbug.com/1486441
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2
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