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Libwebp is an open-source library created by Google for encoding and decoding images in the WebP format. WebP is a modern image format that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web, allowing images to be smaller in size while maintaining high quality.
In the context of information security, Libwebp is significant because images can serve as a potential vector for security vulnerabilities. Efficiently managing images with Libwebp not only improves website performance but also can reduce the attack surface by minimizing the chances of exploits inherent in other image formats or libraries with unpatched vulnerabilities. Security professionals pay attention to Libwebp updates and security patches to ensure that the library doesn't introduce or perpetuate any security weaknesses that could be exploited by attackers to compromise systems or access sensitive information.
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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
Google has assigned a new CVE ID (CVE-2023-5129) to a libwebp security vulnerability exploited as a zero-day in attacks and patched two weeks ago. [...]
The WebP vulnerability affects multiple browsers besides Firefox and Thunderbird, with active exploitation ongoing.
Mozilla on Tuesday released security updates to resolve a critical zero-day vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird that has been actively exploited in the wild, a day after Google released a fix for the issue in its Chrome browser
Exploit observed in the wild as Mountain View pushes out updates Google has rushed out a fix for a vulnerability in its Chrome browser, noting that an exploit already exists in the wild.…