WebP: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202309-05

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebP, the worst of which could result in remote code execution.

Affected packages

media-libs/libwebp on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.3.1_p20230908
Unaffected versions >= 1.3.1_p20230908

Background

WebP is an image format employing both lossy and lossless compression.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in WebP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All WebP users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libwebp-1.3.1_p20230908"
 

References

Release date
September 17, 2023

Latest revision
September 17, 2023: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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