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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2023-5217

CVE-2023-5217

HIGH8.8

Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117

Published Sep 28, 2023

Modified 4 months ago

Fix available

Details

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)

Affected Packages

Google Chrome

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016Windows 10 (1809) / Server 2019Windows 10 (1903)Windows 10 (1909)

Fixed in:

117.0.5938.132

References(54)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html

https://crbug.com/1486441

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems(20)

Windows 10 (1507)Windows 10 (1607) / Server 2016 Windows 10 (1809) / Server 2019 Windows 10 (1903)Windows 10 (1909)

Timeline

PublishedSep 28, 2023

ModifiedOct 21, 2025

CVE-2023-5217 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence