Known Exploited Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-5217 Mappings

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)

Mappings

Capability ID Capability Description Mapping Type ATT&CK ID ATT&CK Name Notes
CVE-2023-5217 Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability primary_impact T1574 Hijack Execution Flow
Comments
This vulnerability was exploited by a remote attacker using a crafted HTML page to trigger a heap buffer overflow in the vp8 encoding of libvpx, leading to heap corruption. This flaw was part of a spyware campaign. The exploitation allowed for program crashes or arbitrary code execution, ultimately resulting in the installation of spyware.
References
CVE-2023-5217 Google Chromium libvpx Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability exploitation_technique T1204.001 Malicious Link
Comments
This vulnerability was exploited by a remote attacker using a crafted HTML page to trigger a heap buffer overflow in the vp8 encoding of libvpx, leading to heap corruption. This flaw was part of a spyware campaign. The exploitation allowed for program crashes or arbitrary code execution, ultimately resulting in the installation of spyware.
References