Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2016-1968
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-30.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 (vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1968?
- CVE-2016-1968 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under CWE-189. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-13.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1968?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1968 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.