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| 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 |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3 | 8.8 | https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-5217.json |
| epss | 0.04976 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-5217 |
| cvssv3.1 | 8.4 | https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml |
| generic_textual | critical | https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-44 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
high low none |
| 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 |
high low none |
| 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 |