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CVE-2023-5217

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Date: September 28, 2023

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)

Language: C#

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (76)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217

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

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

Url: https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html

Url: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v26.2.4

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40026

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40025

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

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40024

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40023

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40022

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

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/

Url: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags

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

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v25.8.4

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

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

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

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508

Url: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509

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

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/

Url: https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590

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

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v24.8.5

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v27.0.0-beta.8

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

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

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

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

Url: https://crbug.com/1486441

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV

Url: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5217

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I

Url: https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v22.3.25

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/

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

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

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html

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

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/

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

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-5217

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version electron - 22.3.25;electron - 24.8.5;electron - 25.8.4;electron - 26.2.4;electron - 27.0.0-beta.8

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

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