CVE-2023-4863 — Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2023-4863

CVE-2023-4863: Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Google
Product	Chromium WebP
Date added	2023-09-13
Due date	2023-10-04
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

Google Chromium WebP contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability can affect applications that use the WebP Codec.

Required action (CISA)

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

Notes

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html?m=1; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4863

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4863
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

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