Buffer overflow in Debian Linux and Opensuse - CVE-2016-1624
Published: February 14, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40485
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1624
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Integer underflow in the ProcessCommandsInternal function in dec/decode.c in Brotli, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.109, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data with brotli compression.
Affected software
Debian Linux
Opensuse
Ubuntu
liboxideqtcore0 (Ubuntu package)
Opensuse
Ubuntu
liboxideqtcore0 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1624
Install update from vendor's website.
liboxideqtcore0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1.12.6-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
External References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00119.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3486
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83125
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035183
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2895-1
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=583607
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1662313002
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09