Double Free Affecting libwebp package, versions <0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.95% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-LIBWEBP-5500080
  • published8 May 2023
  • disclosed20 Jun 2023

Introduced: 8 May 2023

CVE-2023-1999  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 libwebp to version 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwebp package and not the libwebp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

There exists a use after free/double free in libwebp. An attacker can use the ApplyFiltersAndEncode() function and loop through to free best.bw and assign best = trial pointer. The second loop will then return 0 because of an Out of memory error in VP8 encoder, the pointer is still assigned to trial and the AddressSanitizer will attempt a double free.

CVSS Base Scores

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