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GHSA-4c29-gfrp-g6x9

CefSharp affected by libvpx's heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding

Published
Oct 5, 2023
Updated
Nov 30, 2024
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

2 pkgs affected
.NETCefSharp.Common.NETCefSharp.Common.NETCore

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Description

Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-5217 exists in the wild.

Description Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

References

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
.NETNuGetCefSharp.Commonall versions117.2.20
.NETNuGetCefSharp.Common.NETCoreall versions117.2.20

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for CefSharp.Common. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update CefSharp.Common to 117.2.20 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-4c29-gfrp-g6x9 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-4c29-gfrp-g6x9 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-4c29-gfrp-g6x9. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-5217 exists in the wild. Description Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx in Google Chrome prior to 117.0.5938.132 and libvpx 1.13.1 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High) References - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5217 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5217
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-4c29-gfrp-g6x9 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-4c29-gfrp-g6x9 across NuGet dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.