CVE-2016-1982 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The remove_chunked_transfer_coding function in filters.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via crafted chunk-encoded content.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Privoxy	Privoxy

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:privoxy:privoxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176475.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176492.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/173
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/21/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/3
http://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1982
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1982

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-27T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.331Z

Reserved: 2016-01-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1982

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-01-27T20:59:03.407

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1982

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1982 - Bugzilla

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