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CVE-2020-8927

MEDIUMEPSS 87th pctl
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your Brotli library to 1.0.8 or later. If one cannot update, we recommend to use the "streaming" API as opposed to the "one-shot" API, and impose chunk size limits.

CWE-130CWE-120Classic Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available
brotliDebian
Fixed in:1.0.9-1CVE-2020-8927
Fixed in:1.0.9-1CVE-2020-8927
Fixed in:1.0.9-1CVE-2020-8927
Fixed in:1.0.9-1CVE-2020-8927
brotliUbuntu
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2USN-4568-1
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3USN-4568-1
Fixed in:1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-4568-1
libbrotli1Ubuntu
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2USN-4568-1
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3USN-4568-1
Fixed in:1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-4568-1
python-brotliUbuntu
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2USN-4568-1
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3USN-4568-1
python3-brotliUbuntu
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.2USN-4568-1
Fixed in:1.0.3-1ubuntu1.3USN-4568-1
Fixed in:1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1USN-4568-1
BrotliWindows application
Affected:1.0.8Fixed in:1.0.8Google
PowerShellWindows application
Affected:7.1 7.1.6Fixed in:7.1.6Microsoft Corporation
Affected:7.2 7.2.2Fixed in:7.2.2Microsoft Corporation
Affected:7.0 7.0.9Fixed in:7.0.9Microsoft Corporation

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

3.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days
87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

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