vulnerability
MFSA2016-30 Firefox: Buffer overflow in Brotli decompression (CVE-2016-1968)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 8, 2016 | Mar 10, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 8, 2016
Added
Mar 10, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
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.
Solution
mozilla-firefox-upgrade-45_0
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