CVE-2023-5217 · netVigilance record NV23-0141

Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow

past due

What to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA deadline 2023-10-23 · passed 2 years 10 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

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.

Who is affected

Google Chromium libvpx. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-787.

Timeline

2023-10-02
Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
2023-10-23
CISA remediation deadlinepassed 2 years 10 months ago

Sources

NVD entry for CVE-2023-5217 nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
chromereleases.googleblog.com chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html
nvd.nist.gov nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217