CVE-2016-1968

Description

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.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.59% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-30.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246742
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 vdb entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1968?
CVE-2016-1968 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1968?
To fix CVE-2016-1968, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1968 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-1968 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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