CVE-2023-1999
Use after free in libwebp
Description
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.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:HAttack ComplexityHigh
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:NIntegrityNone
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
webmproject
oss-projectaka libwebp, libwebm, webm, libvpx
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
АО «ИВК»
commercial·RUaka ivk
and 7 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
References
https://chromium.googlesource.com/webm/libwebp
chromium.googlesource.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-05
security.gentoo.org
https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/commit/a486d800b60d0af4cc0836bf7ed8f21e12974129
github.com
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