Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package firefox (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published29 Sept 2023
- disclosed28 Sept 2023
Introduced: 28 Sep 2023
CVE-2023-5217 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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)
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2023-5217
- 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
- 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/webmproject/libvpx/commit/3fbd1dca6a4d2dad332a2110d646e4ffef36d590
- https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/af6dedd715f4307669366944cca6e0417b290282
- 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/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4MFWDFJSSIFKWKNOCTQCFUNZWAXUCSS4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/55YVCZNAVY3Y5E4DWPWMX2SPKZ2E5SOV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AY642Z6JZODQJE7Z62CFREVUHEGCXGPD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BCVSHVX2RFBU3RMCUFSATVQEJUFD4Q63/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CWEJYS5NC7KVFYU3OAMPKQDYN6JQGVK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/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://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-5217
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
- https://github.com/UT-Security/cve-2023-5217-poc