CVE-2016-1968
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-1968
To remediate CVE-2016-1968, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/brotli—upgrade to 0.3.0+dfsg-3 or later
- Debian/firefox-esr—upgrade to 45.0esr-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-1968 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.3.0+dfsg-3
- from 0, < 45.0esr-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |