CVE-2016-1968 describes an integer underflow vulnerability in the Brotli compression algorithm, affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or trigger a denial of service via a buffer overflow when processing specially crafted brotli-compressed data. Rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 44.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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