Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication
CVE-2023-5217

Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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)

CheckOps priority index
7.4/10 Patch within 7 days
Severity8.8
Probability4.9
Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 49.0% higher than 98.9% of CVEs
CVSS 3.1 8.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:
Exploited for 1,128 days 02 Oct 2023
CISA due date 23 Oct 2023 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

05010026 Sep05 Oct15 Oct24 Oct02 Nov
EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

  • KEV catalog (CISA)02 Oct 2023
  • Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)02 Oct 2023
  • Used by ransomwareno
  • EPSS above 10 %49.0%
  • No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

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

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Affected products

ChromelibvpxChromium libvpx
Affected versions
  • 117.0.5938.132 <117.0.5938.132
  • 1.13.1 <1.13.1
Weaknesses (CWE)

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

  1. Published

  2. Exploitation reported (ENISA)

  3. Added to the KEV catalog

  4. CISA remediation due date

  5. EPSS peak: 49.0%

References

Other exploited vulnerabilities from the same vendor

  • CVE-2026-111497Google Brotli Unchecked Return Value Vulnerability
    8.6 · Rising fast
  • CVE-2026-58704Google Pixel Improper Authorization Vulnerability
    4.7 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-87491Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability
    5.4 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-85046Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
    5.4 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-11645Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability
    5.4 · Actively exploited
  • CVE-2026-5281Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability
    6.3 · Background exploitation

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Sources: CISA KEV · ENISA EUVD · FIRST EPSS · OSV. Public data aggregated by CheckOps, updated automatically. Source texts remain the property of their authors. All exploited vulnerabilities