CVE-2016-1624: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-1624 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 14-02-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.35%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
72%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.35% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu3 products
- brotli< 0.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1
- chromium-browser< 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111 | < 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229
- oxide-qt< 1.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.12.6-0ubuntu1
Debian2 products
- brotli< 0.3.0+dfsg-3
- debian_linuxEOL8.0
Google1 product
- chrome≤ 48.0.2564.103
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.1
4 vendors · 7 products
References
15 links- codereview.chromium.org/1662313002X Refsource CONFIRM
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=583607X Refsource CONFIRM
