USN-6078-1: libwebp vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• libwebp - Lossy compression of digital photographic images.

Details

Irvan Kurniawan discovered that libwebp incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to
cause libwebp to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04

• libwebp7 - 1.2.4-0.1ubuntu0.23.04.1
• libwebpmux3 - 1.2.4-0.1ubuntu0.23.04.1
• libwebpdemux2 - 1.2.4-0.1ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.10

• libwebp7 - 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
• libwebpmux3 - 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.10.1
• libwebpdemux2 - 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libwebp7 - 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebpmux3 - 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1
• libwebpdemux2 - 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libwebp6 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2
• libwebpmux3 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2
• libwebpdemux2 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• libwebp6 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2
• libwebpmux3 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2
• libwebpdemux2 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2023-1999

Related notices

• USN-6078-2: libwebp-dev, libwebp, libwebp5, libwebpmux1, webp, libwebpdemux1