UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1624

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-1624
Downstream
USN-2895-1
Published: 13 Feb 2016, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Feb 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•brotli

    < 0.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1

  • ubuntu•chromium-browser

    < 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111 | < 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229

  • ubuntu•oxide-qt

    < 1.12.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.12.6-0ubuntu1

References (3)