GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g

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    GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g

    Published: 28 Sept 2023Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2023-5217

    Summary: Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217, 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/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282, https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I, https://pastebin.com/TdkC4pDv, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-5217, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34, https://stackdiary.com/google-discloses-a-webm-vp8-bug-tracked-as-cve-2023-5217, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213961, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213972, 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, 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://github.com/electron/electron, 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/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.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00015.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/12, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Oct/16, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: electron

    Purl: pkg:npm/electron

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -22.3.25

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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