CVE-2023-1999 (GCVE-0-2023-1999)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-20 11:28 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Use after free in libwebp
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-26 19:14 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
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