CVE-2020-36846
Brotli Embedded Library Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
A buffer overflow, as described in CVE-2020-8927, exists in the embedded Brotli library. Versions of IO::Compress::Brotli prior to 0.007 included a version of the brotli library prior to version 1.0.8, where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your IO::Compress::Brotli module to 0.007 or later. If one cannot update, we recommend to use the "streaming" API as opposed to the "one-shot" API, and impose chunk size limits.
INFO
Published Date :
May 30, 2025, 1:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
May 30, 2025, 10:15 p.m.
Source :
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
May. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
New CVE Received by 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
May. 30, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A buffer overflow, as described in CVE-2020-8927, exists in the embedded Brotli library. Versions of IO::Compress::Brotli prior to 0.007 included a version of the brotli library prior to version 1.0.8, where an attacker controlling the input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your IO::Compress::Brotli module to 0.007 or later. If one cannot update, we recommend to use the "streaming" API as opposed to the "one-shot" API, and impose chunk size limits. Added Reference https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v8v-66v8-mwm7 Added Reference https://github.com/google/brotli/commit/223d80cfbec8fd346e32906c732c8ede21f0cea6 Added Reference https://github.com/google/brotli/pull/826 Added Reference https://github.com/timlegge/perl-IO-Compress-Brotli/blob/8b44c83b23bb4658179e1494af4b725a1bc476bc/Changes#L52 Added Reference https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8927
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