CVE-2023-5217

high

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)

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/

https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213972

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213961

https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241191

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-09-28

Updated: 2025-04-03

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07511