CVE-2023-5217
CVSS 3.1 Score 8.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Sep 28, 2023
Updated: Feb 15, 2024
CWE ID 787
Summary
CVE-2023-5217 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1. This issue lies in the vp8 encoding component of libvpx, which can be exploited by a remote attacker through a maliciously crafted HTML page. By taking advantage of this heap corruption flaw, an attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition, posing a significant threat due to its high severity.
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