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CVE-2016-1968

Published: Mar 13, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1968
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

Integer underflow in Brotli, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via crafted data with brotli compression.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Firefox Mozilla * 44.0.2 (including)
Brotli Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Brotli Ubuntu upstream *
Brotli Ubuntu xenial *
Firefox Ubuntu precise *
Firefox Ubuntu trusty *
Firefox Ubuntu upstream *
Firefox Ubuntu wily *

References

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