CVE-2023-5217

high-risk
Published 2023-09-28

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)

Do I need to act?

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3.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Libvpx

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Microsoft Apple Mozilla Google Fedoraproject Webmproject

References (105)

Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12
Mailing List http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6
and 85 more references
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate