Security News > 2023 > September > Critical libwebp Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation - Gets Maximum CVSS Score
2023-09-27 05:23
Google has assigned a new CVE identifier for a critical security flaw in the libwebp image library for rendering images in the WebP format that has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-5129, the issue has been given the maximum severity score of 10.0 on the CVSS rating system. It has been described as an issue rooted in the Huffman coding algorithm - With a specially
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https://thehackernews.com/2023/09/new-libwebp-vulnerability-under-active.html
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Related Vulnerability
| DATE | CVE | VULNERABILITY TITLE | RISK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-25 | CVE-2023-5129 | Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority. Duplicate of CVE-2023-4863. | 0.0 |