chromium-browser: buffer overflow in Brotli
Published Feb 14, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:48.0.2564.109-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0241
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:48.0.2564.109-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0241 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01352) | 70.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01352) | 67.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.16% (0.01162) | 77.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.26% (0.02262) | 89.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.26% (0.02262) | 88.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 1.42% (0.01424) | 84.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 16, 2023 | 1.31% (0.01312) | 83.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01161) | 82.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/02/stable-channel-update_9.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00104.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00119.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0241.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3486 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83125 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035183 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2895-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1624 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306154 Issue Tracking
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=583607 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1662313002 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1624
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1624
Change history (0)
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