October 2, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2023-5217 — Google Chromium libvpx
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-10-02- Federal due date
2023-10-23- Vendor
- Product
- Chromium libvpx
- EPSS
- 89.9th percentile (score 0.050, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
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- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
CISA short 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.