CVE-2023-5217

Google Chrome, Google libvpx

Published 28 Sept 2023 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

8.8 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2 Oct 2023, with a remediation deadline of 23 Oct 2023 for US federal agencies.

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

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

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5 · Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6 · Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/11 · Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/ · Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241191 · Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html · Vendor Advisory
crbug.com/1486441 · Exploit, Issue Tracking