Google Chrome up to 117.0.5938.62 libvpx heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component libvpx. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-5217. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Chrome (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component libvpx. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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)

The weakness was presented 09/28/2023. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-5217 since 09/27/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/17/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240016 (TencentOS Server 3: libvpx (TSSA-2023:0243)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. This issue was added on 10/02/2023 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 10/23/2023:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Upgrading to version 117.0.5938.132 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Zero-Day.cz (817) and Tenable (240016). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Attacked

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Nessus ID: 240016
Nessus Name: TencentOS Server 3: libvpx (TSSA-2023:0243)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Chrome 117.0.5938.132
Patch: github.com

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09/27/2023 🔍
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06/17/2025 +628 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com
Product: google.com

Advisory: 3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5217 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5217
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240818
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2023 18:46
Updated: 06/17/2025 15:45
Changes: 09/28/2023 18:46 (40), 10/21/2023 15:53 (4), 10/21/2023 15:59 (13), 04/29/2024 14:03 (26), 06/06/2024 22:15 (3), 09/09/2024 22:30 (2), 12/20/2024 20:26 (1), 02/04/2025 00:55 (11), 04/21/2025 15:27 (3), 06/17/2025 15:45 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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