Google Chromium WebP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
CVE-2023-4863
How serious is it
- Severity: not rated yet.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Confirmed exploited in the wild (CISA KEV).
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2023-4863?
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Who is affected
- Google Chromium WebP
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
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.
Check your whole app
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References
- No references listed.
Merged from CISA KEV. Last updated 24 Oct 2026. All vulnerabilities · RSS · JSON