8.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-1968
Mozilla Firefox Brotli Integer Underflow Buffer Overflow
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 13, 2016, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 3, 2016, 3:23 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-1968 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1968 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

The repo has been migrated to Bitbucket https://bitbucket.org/dtnse/jbrotli/src/master/ and archived

CMake Shell Java C++ C Batchfile HTML Common Lisp Roff

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
93 stars 19 fork 19 watcher
Born at : Dec. 26, 2015, 3:20 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-1968 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1968 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:44.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-30.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-30.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-189
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation Desbordamiento de entero en Brotli, como se utiliza en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario o causar una denegación de servicio (desbordamiento de buffer) a través de datos manipulados comprimidos con brotli.
    Added Translation Desbordamiento inferior de entero en Brotli, como se utiliza en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 45.0, permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario o causar una denegación de servicio (desbordamiento de buffer) a través de datos manipulados con compresión brotli.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.45 }} 0.10%

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0.92281

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