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CVE-2016-1968

Published: 8 March 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
brotli
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(0.3.0+dfsg-3)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (0.3.0+dfsg-3)
wily Does not exist

xenial
Released (0.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(0.3.0+dfsg-3)
zesty Not vulnerable
(0.3.0+dfsg-3)
firefox
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(45.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
precise
Released (45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1)
trusty
Released (45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
upstream
Released (45.0)
wily
Released (45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.15.10.1)
xenial Not vulnerable
(45.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(45.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
zesty Not vulnerable
(45.0+build2-0ubuntu1)
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable

precise Not vulnerable

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
upstream Not vulnerable

wily Not vulnerable

xenial Not vulnerable

yakkety Not vulnerable

zesty Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H