CVE-2023-5217
High
Confirmed as exploited
Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding
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.
Exploit probability
49.0%
Published
September 28, 2023
Required by
October 23, 2023
Last source change
July 1, 2026
01 / ACTION
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
11 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-5217
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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.
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2023-5217
View original source
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)
Open Source Vulnerabilities
GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/11
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241191
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
- https://crbug.com/1486441
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5217.json
- https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590
- https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282
- https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1
- https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
- https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34
- https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213961
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213972
- https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5217
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5
- https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software
- https://github.com/electron/electron
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40022
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40023
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40024
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40025
- https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40026
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v22.3.25
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v24.8.5
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v25.8.4
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v26.2.4
- https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v27.0.0-beta.8
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I
- https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44