CVE-2023-1999
libwebp - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
There exists a use after free/double free in libwebp. An attacker can use the ApplyFiltersAndEncode() function and loop through to free best.bw and assign best = trial pointer. The second loop will then return 0 because of an Out of memory error in VP8 encoder, the pointer is still assigned to trial and the AddressSanitizer will attempt a double free.
How to fix CVE-2023-1999
To remediate CVE-2023-1999, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.2.2-r1 or later
- —upgrade to 102.10.0esr-1~deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.6.1-2.1+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.6.1-2+deb10u2 or later
- —upgrade to 0.6.1-2.1+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:102.10.0-1~deb11u1 or later
Is CVE-2023-1999 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (6)
- from 0, < 1.2.2-r1
- from 0, < 102.10.0esr-1~deb11u1
- from 0, < 0.6.1-2.1+deb11u1
- from 0, < 0.6.1-2+deb10u2
- from 0, < 0.6.1-2.1+deb11u1
- from 0, < 1:102.10.0-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |