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CVE-2023-5217 Detail

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)


Metrics

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Hyperlink Resource
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 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/11 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/ Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241191 Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://crbug.com/1486441 Issue Tracking  Permissions Required 
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590 Patch 
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282 Patch 
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1 Release Notes 
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags Product 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html Mailing List 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html Mailing List 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/ Mailing List 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/ Mailing List 
https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv Not Applicable 
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34 Third Party Advisory 
https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/ Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213961 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213972 Third Party Advisory 
https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5 Mailing List  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 libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability 10/02/2023 10/23/2023 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-2023-5217
NVD Published Date:
09/28/2023
NVD Last Modified:
02/14/2024
Source:
Chrome