Security Information / 2023 / Security Information -- DSA-5497-1 libwebp

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5497-1 libwebp -- security update

Date Reported:

13 Sep 2023

Affected Packages:

libwebp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-4863.

More information:

A buffer overflow in parsing WebP images may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.1-2.1+deb11u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libwebp packages.

For the detailed security status of libwebp please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libwebp