CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-1624

HIGH
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Integer underflow in the ProcessCommandsInternal function in dec/decode.c in Brotli, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data with brotli compression.

How to fix

Remediation Available
brotliDebian
Fixed in:0.3.0+dfsg-3CVE-2016-1624
Fixed in:0.3.0+dfsg-3CVE-2016-1624
Fixed in:0.3.0+dfsg-3CVE-2016-1624
Fixed in:0.3.0+dfsg-3CVE-2016-1624
liboxideqtcore0Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2895-1
oxide-qtUbuntu
Fixed in:1.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-2895-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.35%probability of exploitation in 30 days
68thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 68% of all known CVEs.

References

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