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CVE-2023-5217 Details

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)

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5217	CISA-ADP	US Government Resource
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241191	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1486441	CVE	ExploitIssue Tracking
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282	CVE	Patch
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1	CVE	Release Notes
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags	CVE	Product
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/	CVE	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/	CVE	Mailing List
https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv	CVE	Not Applicable
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213961	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213972	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508	CVE	Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509	CVE	Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510	CVE	Mailing List
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/11	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/new-0-day-in-chrome-and-firefox-is-likely-to-plague-other-software/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241191	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/1486441	[email protected]	ExploitIssue Tracking
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282	[email protected]	Patch
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags	[email protected]	Product
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv	[email protected]	Not Applicable
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213961	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213972	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/6	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/11	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/12	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/14	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/7	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/29/9	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/3	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/01/5	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/02/6	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/03/11	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name	Date Added	Due Date	Required Action
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability	Oct 2, 2023	Oct 23, 2023	Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	CISA-ADP

Affected Products

Product	Versions
webmproject libvpx	< 1.13.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:webmproject:libvpx:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft edge	116.0.1938.98 117.0.2045.47
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:116.0.1938.98:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:117.0.2045.47:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft edge chromium	116.0.5845.229 117.0.5938.132
CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:116.0.5845.229:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge_chromium:117.0.5938.132:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox	< 115.3.1 < 118.0.1 < 118.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::esr:::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::-:::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::android::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	< 115.3.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	37 38 39
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	10.0 11.0 12.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple ipados	>= 17.0, < 17.0.3 16.7
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:ipados:16.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
apple iphone os	>= 17.0, < 17.0.3 16.7
CPE cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:16.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
google chrome	< 117.0.5938.132
CPE cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

46 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 24, 2025	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 21, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 21, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Oct 21, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Apr 3, 2025	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 3, 2025	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Dec 20, 2024	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 15, 2024	CVE CISA KEV Update	Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government
Feb 2, 2024	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 31, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 17, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 15, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 15, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 24, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 23, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 6, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 4, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 4, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 1, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2023	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 28, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]

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