CVE-2023-5217

Published Sep 28, 2023

Last updated 9 months ago

Overview

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)
Source
chrome-cve-admin@google.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8.8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

Known exploits

Data from CISA

Vulnerability name
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Exploit added on
Oct 2, 2023
Exploit action due
Oct 23, 2023
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-787

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations

References