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Vulnerability details: VCID-8n69-6muc-dqae
Vulnerability ID VCID-8n69-6muc-dqae
Aliases CVE-2023-5217
GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g
Summary Out-of-bounds Write 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)
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 7.9
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (5)
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5217.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5217
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
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40022
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40023
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40024
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40025
https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/40026
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v22.3.25
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v24.8.5
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v25.8.4
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v26.2.4
https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/tag/v27.0.0-beta.8
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00038.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/
https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04
https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217/
https://twitter.com/maddiestone/status/1707163313711497266
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5508
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5509
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5510
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44/
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/5
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
CVE-2023-5217 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
CVE-2023-5217 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217
GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g
mfsa2023-44 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44
RHSA-2023:5426 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5426
RHSA-2023:5427 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5427
RHSA-2023:5428 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5428
RHSA-2023:5429 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5429
RHSA-2023:5430 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5430
RHSA-2023:5432 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5432
RHSA-2023:5433 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5433
RHSA-2023:5434 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5434
RHSA-2023:5435 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5435
RHSA-2023:5436 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5436
RHSA-2023:5437 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5437
RHSA-2023:5438 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5438
RHSA-2023:5439 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5439
RHSA-2023:5440 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5440
RHSA-2023:5475 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5475
RHSA-2023:5477 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5477
RHSA-2023:5534 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5534
RHSA-2023:5535 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5535
RHSA-2023:5536 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5536
RHSA-2023:5537 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5537
RHSA-2023:5538 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5538
RHSA-2023:5539 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5539
RHSA-2023:5540 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5540
Data source KEV
Date added Oct. 2, 2023
Description Google Chromium libvpx contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vp8 encoding that allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could impact web browsers using libvpx, including but not limited to Google Chrome.
Required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due date Oct. 23, 2023
Note
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_27.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5217.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89842
EPSS Score 0.04976
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T21:02:02.733134+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/electron/CVE-2023-5217.yml 38.6.0