CVE-2023-44488
VP9 in libvpx before 1.13.1 mishandles widths, leading to a crash related to encoding.
02 Description
VP9 in libvpx before 1.13.1 mishandles widths, leading to a crash related to encoding.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 2.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-09-30 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-23 16:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-09-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional ConditionsClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4879564afe3fe8a1942a656c39ba5921a74dfe32a8440fc48238f63b6a0dd4d6
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/df9fd9d5b7325060b2b921558a1eb20ca7880937
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/263682c9a29395055f3b3afe2d97be1828a6223f
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/compare/v1.13.0...v1.13.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230930 Re: CVE-2023-5217: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpxhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20231001 [SECURITY] [DLA 3598-1] libvpx security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241806
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-04https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04
- www.debian.orgDSA-5518https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5518
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-f696934fbfhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- firefox Fixed in 115.4.0-1.el8_8.alma.1
- libvpx Fixed in 1.7.0-10.el8_8.alma.1
- libvpx-devel Fixed in 1.7.0-10.el8_8.alma.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 115.4.1-1.el8_8.alma.1
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- firefox Fixed in 115.4.0-1.el9_2.alma.1
- firefox-x11 Fixed in 115.4.0-1.el9_2.alma.1
- libvpx Fixed in 1.9.0-7.el9_2.alma.1
- libvpx-devel Fixed in 1.9.0-7.el9_2.alma.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 115.4.1-1.el9_2.alma
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- firefox Fixed in 115.4.0-1.el8_8.alma.1
- libvpx Fixed in 1.7.0-10.el8_8.alma.1
- libvpx-devel Fixed in 1.7.0-10.el8_8.alma.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 115.4.1-1.el8_8.alma.1
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- firefox Fixed in 115.4.0-1.el9_2.alma.1
- firefox-x11 Fixed in 115.4.0-1.el9_2.alma.1
- libvpx Fixed in 1.9.0-7.el9_2.alma.1
- libvpx-devel Fixed in 1.9.0-7.el9_2.alma.1
- thunderbird Fixed in 115.4.1-1.el9_2.alma
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libvpx Fixed in 1.12.0-1+deb12u2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libvpx Fixed in 1.12.0-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libvpx Fixed in 1.12.0-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- mozjs38 No fix yet
- mozjs52 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 118.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- libvpx Fixed in 1.8.2-1ubuntu0.2
- mozjs52 No fix yet
- mozjs68 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- libvpx Fixed in 1.11.0-2ubuntu2.2
- mozjs102 No fix yet
- mozjs78 No fix yet
- mozjs91 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- libvpx Fixed in 1.12.0-1ubuntu2
- mozjs102 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- libvpx No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- libvpx Fixed in 1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- libvpx Fixed in 1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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