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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1mOXBtLTRnOXAtNnZtM84AA2Rp

Bundled libwebp in pywebp vulnerable

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

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f9pm-4g9p-6vm3
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1mOXBtLTRnOXAtNnZtM84AA2Rp
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: 8 months ago
Updated: 8 months ago

CVSS Score: 8.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-f9pm-4g9p-6vm3
References:

• https://github.com/anibali/pywebp/security/advisories/GHSA-f9pm-4g9p-6vm3
• https://github.com/anibali/pywebp/commit/1f938731a158a6584977cec2cce21b21c15f6c4b
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f9pm-4g9p-6vm3

Repository: https://github.com/anibali/pywebp
Blast Radius: 12.9

Affected Packages