RHSA-2023:5309 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libwebp security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 21, 2023
Updated · November 1, 2026
Topic
An update for libwebp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The libwebp packages provide a library and tools for the WebP graphics format. WebP is an image format with a lossy compression of digital photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on the VP8 format, and a container based on the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF). Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use WebP to compress, archive, and distribute digital images more efficiently.
Security Fix(es):
- libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec (CVE-2023-4863)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.