CVE-2023-5217 · cross-distro fix matrix

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)

Affects 8 Linux releases across 24 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-5217 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

chromium→ fixed in117.0.5938.132-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y chromium
```
firefox-esr→ fixed in115.3.1esr-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y firefox-esr
```
libvpx→ fixed in1.9.0-1+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvpx
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:115.3.1-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

chromium→ fixed in117.0.5938.132-1~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y chromium
```
libvpx→ fixed in1.12.0-1+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvpx
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:115.3.1-1~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

chromium→ fixed in117.0.5938.132-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y chromium
```
libvpx→ fixed in1.12.0-1.1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvpx
```
thunderbird→ fixed in1:115.3.1-1urgency: unimportant
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y thunderbird
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in115.3.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

libvpx→ fixed in1.13.0-r3
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvpx
```

qt5-qtwebengine→ fixed in5.15.15-r3

apk update && apk add --upgrade qt5-qtwebengine

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in115.3.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

libvpx→ fixed in1.13.0-r3
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvpx
```

qt5-qtwebengine→ fixed in5.15.15-r3

apk update && apk add --upgrade qt5-qtwebengine

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in115.3.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

libvpx→ fixed in1.13.0-r3
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvpx
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in115.3.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

libvpx→ fixed in1.13.0-r2
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvpx
```

qt5-qtwebengine→ fixed in5.15.13-r9

apk update && apk add --upgrade qt5-qtwebengine

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

firefox-esr→ fixed in115.3.1-r0

apk update && apk add --upgrade firefox-esr

libvpx→ fixed in1.13.0-r3
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade libvpx
```

qt5-qtwebengine→ fixed in5.15.15-r3

apk update && apk add --upgrade qt5-qtwebengine

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