CVE-2023-5217: Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor
Google
Product
Chromium libvpx
Added to the catalog
2023-10-02
Due date for US federal agencies
2023-10-23
Weaknesses
CWE-787
Catalog version
2026.10.30

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.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

Read on 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z under licence cisa-kev-cc0@b0067899 from https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2023-09-28T16:15:10.980
Last modified
2026-06-17T06:48:06.467
Weaknesses
CWE-787

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)

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

References

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Read on 2026-11-02T23:42:08.214Z under licence nvd-api-terms-of-use@ff2a5288 from https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2023-5217

CVE record

Assigner
Chrome
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2023-09-28T15:23:18.340Z
Updated
2025-10-21T23:05:36.191Z
Problem types
Heap buffer overflow

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

Read on 2026-11-03T02:05:10.703Z under licence cve-terms-of-use@81bfa2f3 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5217.json

GitHub Advisory Database

GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g: Electron affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding

Severity (GitHub)
high
CVSS
8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-787
Published
2023-09-28T18:30:45Z
Updated
2024-02-15T15:02:28Z
  • npm electron: affected < 22.3.25, first patched 22.3.25
  • npm electron: affected >= 24.0.0, < 24.8.5, first patched 24.8.5
  • npm electron: affected >= 25.0.0, < 25.8.4, first patched 25.8.4
  • npm electron: affected >= 26.0.0, < 26.2.4, first patched 26.2.4
  • npm electron: affected >= 27.0.0-alpha.1, < 27.0.0-beta.8, first patched 27.0.0-beta.8

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.

Read on 2026-11-03T08:52:26.151Z under licence ghsa-cc-by-4.0@9e5f1b3c from https://api.github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g

Also known as / affected packages

GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g

Also known as: CVE-2023-5217. OSV.dev record, GitHub advisory.

  • npm electron: introduced 0, fixed 22.3.25
  • npm electron: introduced 24.0.0, fixed 24.8.5
  • npm electron: introduced 25.0.0, fixed 25.8.4
  • npm electron: introduced 26.0.0, fixed 26.2.4
  • npm electron: introduced 27.0.0-alpha.1, fixed 27.0.0-beta.8

Read on 2026-11-03T01:54:07.102Z under licence ghsa-cc-by-4.0@9e5f1b3c from https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-03T00:02:57.820Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-787.json

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Sources and licences

  • CISA

    Source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30, CC0 1.0. Use of this data does not imply endorsement by CISA or DHS.

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  • GitHub Advisory Database

    Source: GitHub Advisory Database, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Changes: fields selected and reformatted by ransomware-tracker.com.

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  • GitHub Advisory Database via OSV.dev

    GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g: GitHub Advisory Database, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), provided as is, without warranties. Retrieved via OSV.dev (https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g), which enriches records; fields selected and reformatted by ransomware-tracker.com.

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2023-5217: Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-47acb7138a17, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2023-5217 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T06:48:06.467.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:05:36.191Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g, updated 2024-02-15T15:02:28Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-qqvq-6xgj-jw8g, via OSV.dev, modified 2026-09-10T03:50:03.227918224Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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