Description
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)
Published: 2023-09-12
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 94.1% High
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3568-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3569-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3570-1 libwebp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5496-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5497-1 libwebp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5497-2 libwebp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5498-1 thunderbird security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j7hp-h8jx-5ppr libwebp: OOB write in BuildHuffmanTable
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6367-1 Firefox vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6368-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6369-1 libwebp vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6369-2 libwebp vulnerability
References
Link Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/21/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/5 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/6 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/22/8 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/26/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/26/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://adamcaudill.com/2023/09/14/whose-cve-is-it-anyway/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://blog.isosceles.com/the-webp-0day/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215231 cve-icon cve-icon
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html cve-icon
https://crbug.com/1479274 cve-icon cve-icon
https://en.bandisoft.com/honeyview/history/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/commit/902bc9190331343b2017211debcec8d2ab87e17a cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/releases/tag/v1.3.2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00016.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00017.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6T655QF7CQ3DYAMPFV7IECQYGDEUIVVT/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYYKLG6CRGEDTNRBSU26EEWAO6D6U645/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KUQ7CTX3W372X3UY56VVNAHCH6H2F4X3/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZDGWWMJREPAGKWCJKSCM4WYLANSKIFX/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYZV7TMKF4QHZ54SFJX54BDN52VHGGCX/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHOLML7N2G5KCAZXFWC5IDFFHSQS5SDB/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTRUIS3564P7ZLM2S2IH4Y4KZ327LI4I/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4863 cve-icon cve-icon
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37478403 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4863 cve-icon
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4863 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-05 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-10 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0011/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://sethmlarson.dev/security-developer-in-residence-weekly-report-16 cve-icon cve-icon
https://stackdiary.com/critical-vulnerability-in-webp-codec-cve-2023-4863/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.bentley.com/advisories/be-2023-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-fixes-another-chrome-zero-day-bug-exploited-in-attacks/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-4863 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4863 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5496 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5497 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5498 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-40/ cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/zero-day-webp-vulnerability-cve-2023-4863 cve-icon
History

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 23:30:00 +0000


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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.93949}

epss

{'score': 0.94165}


Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2023-09-13'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bandisoft
Bandisoft honeyview
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:edge:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:teams:1.6.00.26463:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:teams:1.6.00.26474:*:*:*:*:desktop:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:webp_image_extension:1.0.62681.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bandisoft:honeyview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:teams:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:teams:*:*:*:*:desktop:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:webp_image_extension:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft edge
Mozilla firefox Esr
Bandisoft
Bandisoft honeyview

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References

Subscriptions

Bandisoft Honeyview
Bentley Seequent Leapfrog
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge Chromium Teams Webp Image Extension
Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird
Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Aus Rhel E4s Rhel Eus Rhel Tus
Webmproject Libwebp
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:05:38.429Z

Reserved: 2023-09-09T01:02:58.312Z

Link: CVE-2023-4863

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-19T07:48:10.265Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-09-12T15:15:24.327

Modified: 2025-10-24T14:07:28.793

Link: CVE-2023-4863

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-09-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-4863 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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