Google · Chromium WebP
CVE-2023-4863
Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
What it is
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)
CISA: Google Chromium WebP contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to perform an out-of-bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability can affect applications that use the WebP Codec.
What to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Deadline for US federal agencies: October 4, 2023
- Added to the CISA list
- September 13, 2023
- Published
- September 12, 2023
- Severity
- High 8.8 CVSS 3.1
- Chance of attacks in the next 30 days (EPSS)
- >99.9% in the top 0.1% of all known vulnerabilities
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- More details
- NVD · CVE.org · CISA
All references (20)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_11.html
- https://crbug.com/1479274
- https://en.bandisoft.com/honeyview/history/
- https://stackdiary.com/critical-vulnerability-in-webp-codec-cve-2023-4863/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2023-40/
- https://github.com/webmproject/libwebp/commit/902bc9190331343b2017211debcec8d2ab87e17a
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4863
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-4863
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1215231
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37478403
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-fixes-another-chrome-zero-day-bug-exploited-in-attacks/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5496
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5497
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OZDGWWMJREPAGK…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FYYKLG6CRGEDTN…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYZV7TMKF4QHZ5…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/09/msg00015.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WHOLML7N2G5KCA…
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5498
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-05
More exploited flaws from Google
| Added | Vulnerability | Product | Severity | Attack chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Unchecked Return Value | Brotli | Critical 9.2 | 55% |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Improper Authorization | Pixel | High 8.8 | 0.6% |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Out of Bounds Write | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 3.5% |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Type Confusion | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 1.8% |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Out-of-Bounds Read and Write | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 2.4% |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Use-After-Free | Dawn | High 8.8 | 14% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Out-of-Bounds Write | Skia | High 8.8 | 2.3% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer | Chromium V8 | High 8.8 | 2.7% |
Sources: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA, public domain), CVE records (cve.org) and EPSS (FIRST). The chance of attacks is the EPSS estimate that someone will try to exploit the flaw in the next 30 days.