CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-1624

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An integer underflow in the ProcessCommandsInternal function in dec/decode.c in Brotli, as used in Google Chrome before version 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.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that lead to denial of service, affecting service availability. Additionally, there is a risk of unspecified impacts that could affect system security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Google Chrome to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability. Also, monitor and analyze network traffic for potential exploitation attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS