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FreeBSD: VID-1bcfd963-e483-41b8-ab8e-bad5c3ce49c9 (CVE-2016-1968): brotli -- buffer overflow
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 8, 2016 | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 8, 2016
Added
Dec 10, 2025
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Google Chrome Releases reports: [583607] High CVE-2016-1624: Buffer overflow in Brotli. Credit to lukezli. Mozilla Foundation reports: Security researcher Luke Li reported a pointer underflow bug in the Brotli library's decompression that leads to a buffer overflow. This results in a potentially exploitable crash when triggered.
Solutions
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