CVE-2016-1982 — Improper Input Validation in Privoxy

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.4%
top 15.01%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
PrivoxyDebian Privoxy
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted chunk-encoded content.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/privoxy< privoxy 3.0.24-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianprivoxy/privoxy< 3.0.24-1+3
▶NVDprivoxy/privoxy3.0.23

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rf4v-r44j-x72g: The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters↗2022-05-17
▶
OSV
CVE-2016-1982: The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters↗2016-01-27
▶

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
privoxy: invalid reads in case of corrupt chunk-encoded content↗2016-01-21
▶
Debian
CVE-2016-1982: privoxy - The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.2...↗2016
▶

💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1982 privoxy: invalid reads in case of corrupt chunk-encoded content [epel-6]↗2016-01-22
▶
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1982 privoxy: invalid reads in case of corrupt chunk-encoded content [epel-7]↗2016-01-22
▶
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1982 privoxy: invalid reads in case of corrupt chunk-encoded content↗2016-01-22
▶
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1982 privoxy: invalid reads in case of corrupt chunk-encoded content [fedora-all]↗2016-01-22
▶
CVE-2016-1982 — Improper Input Validation in Privoxy | cvebase