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CVE-2016-1968 (GCVE-0-2016-1968)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-03-13 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:17
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246742 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2016-03-08 00:00
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            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:08:50+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-1968",
      "id": "CVE-2016-1968",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "10",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "Mozilla: Buffer overflow in Brotli decompression (MFSA 2016-30)",
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      "version": "3"
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      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:07:02Z",
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      "product_status:recommended": "246",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2016-1968",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2016-1968.json",
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  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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