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GHSA-f9pm-4g9p-6vm3
No affected components available
Impact
pywebp versions before v0.3.0 bundled libwebp binaries in wheels that are vulnerable to CVE-2023-4863. The vulnerability was a heap buffer overflow which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write.
Patches
The problem has been patched upstream in libwebp 1.3.2. pywebp was updated to bundle a patched version of libwebp in v0.3.0.
Workarounds
No known workarounds without upgrading.
References
- https://www.rezilion.com/blog/rezilion-researchers-uncover-new-details-on-severity-of-google-chrome-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2023-4863/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4863
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.
Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.
Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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