CVE-2023-5217
CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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)
| Vendor | |
| Product | chrome |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Sep 28, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Oct 21, 2025 |
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Affected Versions
Google / Chrome
117.0.5938.132 < 117.0.5938.132
Google / libvpx
1.13.1 < 1.13.1
References
chromereleases.googleblog.com: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html crbug.com: https://crbug.com/1486441 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9 mozilla.org: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/ security-tracker.debian.org: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241191 stackdiary.com: https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/ openwall.com: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5 pastebin.com: https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv github.com: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590 github.com: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282 github.com: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14 debian.org: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510 debian.org: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509 debian.org: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html twitter.com: https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266 arstechnica.com: https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/ github.com: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5 lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/ openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/ lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/ lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/ lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/ openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6 openwall.com: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/11 security.gentoo.org: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04 support.apple.com: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213961 lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/ seclists.org: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html support.apple.com: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213972 seclists.org: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16 lists.fedoraproject.org: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/ security.gentoo.org: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34 cisa.gov: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5217