CVE-2016-1624Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Brotli

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.40%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 14
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Integer underflow in the ProcessCommandsInternal function in dec/decode.c in Brotli, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data with brotli compression.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

debiandebian/brotli< brotli 0.3.0+dfsg-3 (bookworm)
NVDgoogle/chrome48.0.2564.103

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-5mx7-hhwx-7mq8: Integer underflow in the ProcessCommandsInternal function in dec/decode2022-05-14
OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities2016-02-18
OSV
CVE-2016-1624: Integer underflow in the ProcessCommandsInternal function in dec/decode2016-02-14

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities2016-02-18
Red Hat
chromium-browser: buffer overflow in Brotli2016-02-09
Debian
CVE-2016-1624: brotli - Integer underflow in the ProcessCommandsInternal function in dec/decode.c in Bro...2016

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1624 chromium-browser: buffer overflow in Brotli2016-02-10