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CVE-2016-1968

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2016-03-08 brotli -- buffer overflow

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2016-1968
Phase Assigned(20160120)

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.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-30.html
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246742