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CVE-2023-5217

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)

CVSS 8.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.6/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 8.8: +1.32
  • Fresh EPSS: 49.01%: +0.25

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 11 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Lookout
Press · 05 Oct 2023, 07:00 · CVE-2023-5217 - Lookout
Palo Alto Networks
Press · 05 Oct 2023, 07:00 · High-Severity Vulnerabilities Discovered in WebM Project’s Libraries - Palo Alto Networks
BleepingComputer
Press · 04 Oct 2023, 07:00 · Apple emergency update fixes new zero-day used to hack iPhones - BleepingComputer
BleepingComputer
Press · 03 Oct 2023, 07:00 · Microsoft Edge, Teams get fixes for zero-days in open-source libraries - BleepingComputer
wiz.io
Press · 01 Oct 2023, 07:00 · Critical vulnerabilities in media libraries exploited in the wild: everything you need to know - wiz.io
See all 11 source documents
TechRadar
Press · 28 Sep 2023, 07:00 · Update Google Chrome now - there's another serious security flaw in the wild - TechRadar
The Hacker News
Press · 28 Sep 2023, 07:00 · Update Chrome Now: Google Releases Patch for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability - The Hacker News
Security Affairs
Press · 28 Sep 2023, 07:00 · GOOGLE FIXED THE FIFTH CHROME ZERO-DAY OF 2023 - Security Affairs
BornCity
Press · 28 Sep 2023, 07:00 · Google Chrome 117.0.5938.132Born's Tech and Windows World - BornCity
Dark Reading
Press · 28 Sep 2023, 07:00 · Chrome Flags Third Zero-Day This Month That's Tied to Spying Exploits - Dark Reading
BleepingComputer
Press · 27 Sep 2023, 07:00 · Google fixes fifth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2023 - BleepingComputer

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.6 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

1

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics
RepositoryStarsForksLanguageUpdated
UT-Security/cve-2023-5217-poc163HTML11 Oct 2023, 04:30
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 8.8; EPSS 49.0%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:59:02.576343+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
First press mention
27 Sep 2023, 07:00
Published
28 Sep 2023, 15:23
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
02 Oct 2023, 00:00
Latest press mention
05 Oct 2023, 07:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:59
PoCs on GitHub
1 repositories