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 :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade Firefox to version 45 or later.
- Update the affected packages.
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.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2016-1968.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-1968 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-1968
weaknesses.
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
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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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-30.html Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246742 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 -
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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8.8
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.58 }} -0.01%
score
0.80775
percentile