vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-5217): libvpx vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 28, 2023 | Oct 3, 2023 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 28, 2023
Added
Oct 3, 2023
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
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)
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvpx1ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvpx3ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libvpx5ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-libvpx6ubuntu-upgrade-libvpx7ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird
References
Rapid7 Labs
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