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CVE-2023-4863 Detail

Description

Heap buffer overflow in libwebp in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 and libwebp 1.3.2 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/21/4 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/1 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/3 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/4 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/5 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/6 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/7 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/8 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/26/1 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/26/7 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/1 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2 Mailing List 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4 Mailing List 
https://adamcaudill.com/2023/09/14/whose-cve-is-it-anyway/ Third Party Advisory 
https://blog.isosceles.com/the-webp-0day/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215231 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://crbug.com/1479274 Issue Tracking  Permissions Required  Vendor Advisory 
https://en.bandisoft.com/honeyview/history/ Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/commit/902bc9190331343b2017211debcec8d2ab87e17a Patch 
https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/releases/tag/v1.3.2 Release Notes 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00015.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00016.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00017.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYYKLG6CRGEDTNRBSU26EEWAO6D6U645/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/ Mailing List  Release Notes 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZDGWWMJREPAGKWCJKSCM4WYLANSKIFX/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYZV7TMKF4QHZ54SFJX54BDN52VHGGCX/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHOLML7N2G5KCAZXFWC5IDFFHSQS5SDB/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/ Mailing List  Release Notes 
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4863 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37478403 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4863 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-05 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0011/ Third Party Advisory 
https://sethmlarson.dev/security-developer-in-residence-weekly-report-16 Exploit 
https://stackdiary.com/critical-vulnerability-in-webp-codec-cve-2023-4863/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.bentley.com/advisories/be-2023-0001/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-fixes-another-chrome-zero-day-bug-exploited-in-attacks/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5496 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5497 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5498 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-40/ Third Party Advisory 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 09/13/2023 10/04/2023 Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-4863
NVD Published Date:
09/12/2023
NVD Last Modified:
07/31/2024
Source:
Chrome