CVE-2023-44488

Description

VP9 in libvpx before 1.13.1 mishandles widths, leading to a crash related to encoding.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.69% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/df9fd9d5b7325060b2b921558a1eb20ca7880937 patch
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/commit/263682c9a29395055f3b3afe2d97be1828a6223f patch
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/compare/v1.13.0...v1.13.1 patch
https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/releases/tag/v1.13.1 release notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/30/4 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00001.html mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2241806 patch third party advisory issue tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-04 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5518 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TE7F54W5O5RS4ZMAAC7YK3CZWQXIDSKB/ vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-44488?
CVE-2023-44488 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-44488?
To fix CVE-2023-44488, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-44488 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-44488 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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