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Vulnerability Management

The libwebp heap overflow that patched half the internet: CVE-2023-4863

One heap buffer overflow in a 15-year-old image codec forced Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Electron apps, and entire Linux distros to ship emergency patches within days.

Jul 8, 20266 min read
Vulnerability Analysis

libwebp heap buffer overflow zero-day (CVE-2023-4863)

A heap buffer overflow in libwebp, actively exploited in a zero-click iOS spyware chain, exposed browsers, Electron apps, and containers alike.

Jan 16, 20268 min read
Security

libwebp Vulnerability: What CVE-2023-4863 Means and How to Fix It

The libwebp vulnerability CVE-2023-4863 was a heap buffer overflow exploited in the wild. Here is what it affected, why it was everywhere, and how to fix it.

Nov 6, 20256 min read
Open Source

Is the Sharp npm Package Safe? A Security Review

A security review of the sharp npm image-processing library: its native dependency risk, the libwebp CVE that hit it, and how to run npm sharp safely.

Jun 9, 20256 min read
AppSec

CVE-2023-4863: The libwebp Zero-Day That Hit Chrome and More

CVE-2023-4863 was a heap buffer overflow in libwebp's Huffman decoding that was exploited as a zero-day in the wild — and because libwebp sits inside Chrome, Firefox, and countless Electron apps, one library bug became an ecosystem-wide emergency patch.

Jan 22, 20256 min read
Vulnerabilities

libwebp and CVE-2023-4863: The Full Story

A heap buffer overflow in libwebp's lossless decoder, exploited in the wild before a patch existed, turned out to affect far more software than the browser it was first reported in.

Jan 24, 20245 min read

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