ACTIVELY EXPLOITED3 sources verified·1 min read
By Lyrie Threat Intelligence·10/2/2023
CVE-2023-5217 added to CISA KEV: Google Chromium libvpx
Status: ✅ Confirmed exploited in the wild
Date added: 2023-10-02
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due date: 2023-10-23
Why this matters
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.
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