CVE Tools
Track your stack

CVE-2023-5217

Exploited in the wild. In CISA KEV since 2023‑10‑02. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.18.8HighEPSS percentile99th49% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVListedsince 2023-10-02, due 2023-10-23
No public exploit knownFix5 products4 fixed builds listed below
Check it yourself

OpenVAS · 86 checks

e.g. OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.125301

Run the check

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub, BDU, CSAF

NVD CVE.org

What to do

Find your product and version, then upgrade to the build on the right.

  • Google ChromeAffected: ≥ 117.0.5938.132, < 117.0.5938.132Upgrade to: 117.0.5938.132Stated by: CVE record
  • Google libvpxAffected: ≥ 1.13.1, < 1.13.1Upgrade to: 1.13.1Stated by: CVE record
  • Npm ElectronAffected: < 22.3.25Upgrade to: 22.3.25Stated by: GitHub advisory
  • Webmproject LibvpxAffected: < 1.13.1Upgrade to: 1.13.1Stated by: NVD
  • Mozilla FirefoxAffected: < 115.3.1Upgrade to: 115.3.1Stated by: NVD

Versions as the sources state them. 14 more products have version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

Check it yourselfA free OpenVAS check exists for this CVE. Run it against your hosts.Is your organisation exposed?Request an assessment to establish which checks fit your systems.

Coverage timeline

0 publishers

  1. Added to CISA KEV catalog

    ·CISA KEV

Sourced from public security reporting — each date is when it was published, not when it happened.

What it is

From the CVE record

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)

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th
CISA KEV
CISA KEV

Listed as exploited in the wild since 2023-10-02.

US federal agencies must remediate by 2023-10-23.

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

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

49% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

8 events over 1001 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. EPSS band changelow → moderate
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Added to CISA KEV
  5. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

And 16 more affected products. See all after sign-in

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Scored 8.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

And 120 more references. See all after sign-in

Watch the software you run.

My Stack ranks new CVEs for your products by real-world exploitation, so the next exploited one reaches you without reading every advisory.

We'll flag the next CVE, public exploit or patch for Firefox ESR, not every advisory. This one: actively exploited.