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RUSTSEC-2023-0061 (CVE-2023-4863)

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec – Published: 2023-09-12 12:00 – Updated: 2024-02-10 15:57 – Source website
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Summary
libwebp: OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable
Details

Google and Mozilla have released security advisories for RCE due to heap overflow in libwebp. Google warns the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.

libwebp needs to be updated to 1.3.2 to include a patch for "OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable".

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [
          "memory-corruption"
        ],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "libwebp-sys",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/libwebp-sys"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-4863",
    "CVE-2023-5129",
    "GHSA-j7hp-h8jx-5ppr"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "[Google](https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html) and [Mozilla](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-40/) have released security advisories for RCE due to heap overflow in libwebp. Google warns the vulnerability has been exploited in the wild.\n\nlibwebp needs to be updated to 1.3.2 to include a patch for \"OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable\".",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2023-0061",
  "modified": "2024-02-10T15:57:43Z",
  "published": "2023-09-12T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/libwebp-sys"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0061.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "libwebp: OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable"
}



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