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CVE-2023-4863 KEVPublic exploit High · 8.8 EPSS >99.9%

Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Google · Chromium WebP

Summary

The Chromium WebP component (libwebp, as shipped in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 and libwebp 1.3.2) contains a heap-based buffer overflow that leads to an out-of-bounds memory write. An remote attacker can trigger it by getting a user to load a crafted HTML page, requiring no authentication, only user interaction.

Official description · NVD

Heap buffer overflow in libwebp in Google Chrome prior to 116.0.5845.187 and libwebp 1.3.2 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

Breakdown
69.2 / 100
Exploited
Yes, in CISA KEV
Reports
0
Tactics
2/15

How an attack unfolds

Based on mappings. Select a step to see the evidence.
  1. How attackers get in

  2. What they do

First seen exploited 6 days before it was disclosed. Public exploit code (PoC-in-GitHub) appeared 9 days after disclosure.

  1. First seen exploitedVulnCheck KEV evidence6 days before
  2. Disclosedday 0
  3. Added to CISA KEVEU database agrees+1 day
  4. Public exploit codePoC-in-GitHub+9 days

CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.

techniques

2 , grouped by in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2

Initial AccessTA0001

Drive-by Compromise T1189 Medium
AI mapping from the description · how it is exploited

Drive-by via malicious web page

via a crafted HTML page
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

ExecutionTA0002

Command and Scripting Interpreter T1059 Medium
AI mapping from the description · primary impact

Memory corruption yields code execution

perform an out of bounds memory write
From the official description (NVD) Original (opens in a new tab) ↗

Detection

0 rules for this CVE · 98 general rules for its techniques

Rules for this CVE

0 that reference CVE-2023-4863 directly.

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Am I affected? What do I upgrade to?

From GitHub Security Advisories and OSV

13 packages in 5 ecosystems. Main package: webp.

Upgrade to 0.2.6 or later

Cargocargo update -p webp --precise 0.2.6

The first fix for CVE-2023-4863. No other CVE tracked by Patchfirst affects this package.

Affected versions

If you runUpgrade to
All versions before 0.2.60.2.6

“Up to” means the second version is the fix and is not affected.

Other packages that bundle this code (12)

Forks, repackagings and products that include the affected code. Each has its own fixed version.

  • Gogithub.com/chai2010/webp
    Affected: 1.1.2 up to 1.4.0; All versions before 1.1.2-0.20250406010349-76805d5a8860; All versions before 0.0.0-20250406010349-76805d5a8860Upgrade to 1.4.0 or later (older lines: 1.1.2-0.20250406010349-76805d5a8860, 0.0.0-20250406010349-76805d5a8860)
  • Cargolibwebp-sys2
    Affected: All versions before 0.1.8Upgrade to 0.1.8 or later
  • Cargolibwebp-sys
    Affected: All versions before 0.9.3Upgrade to 0.9.3 or later
  • PyPIPillow
    Affected: All versions before 10.0.1Upgrade to 10.0.1 or later
  • npmelectron
    Affected: 27.0.0-beta.1 up to 27.0.0-beta.2; 26.0.0 up to 26.2.1; 25.0.0 up to 25.8.1; 24.0.0 up to 24.8.3; 22.0.0 up to 22.3.24Upgrade to 26.2.4 (older lines: 27.0.0-beta.8, 25.8.4, 24.8.5, 22.3.25)
  • NuGetSkiaSharp
    Affected: 2.0.0 up to 2.88.6Upgrade to 2.88.6 or later
  • NuGetmagick.net-q16-anycpu
    Affected: All versions before 13.3.0Upgrade to 13.3.0 or later
  • NuGetmagick.net-q16-hdri-anycpu
    Affected: All versions before 13.3.0Upgrade to 13.3.0 or later
  • NuGetmagick.net-q16-x64
    Affected: All versions before 13.3.0Upgrade to 13.3.0 or later
  • NuGetmagick.net-q8-anycpu
    Affected: All versions before 13.3.0Upgrade to 13.3.0 or later
  • NuGetmagick.net-q8-openmp-x64
    Affected: All versions before 13.3.0Upgrade to 13.3.0 or later
  • NuGetmagick.net-q8-x64
    Affected: All versions before 13.3.0Upgrade to 13.3.0 or later

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What security researchers reported

Not named in any threat report yet

Also mentioned in 50 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)

Weaker evidence

Pulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.

References

47 links, grouped by NVD tag (45 duplicates merged)

Mailing List 22

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