Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2020-8927 affects older Brotli libraries before 1.0.8. A specially large one-shot decompression request can trigger a buffer overflow condition and crash. Business urgency is moderate: update exposed systems, but the bundle does not show active exploitation or broad compromise evidence. Exposure is most likely in applications, services, scripts, or OS packages using Brotli before 1.0.8 and accepting attacker-influenced compressed data or input lengths for one-shot decompression. Prioritize routine patching across internet-facing and data-ingestion systems. Escalate only where untrusted compressed input reaches older one-shot Brotli decompression paths. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Brotli library dependencies to 1.0.8 or later.; Apply relevant vendor package updates from OS maintainers.; Prefer the Brotli streaming API if immediate upgrade is not possible..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N3.91.4GoogleVulnerability scoring details
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5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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- https://github.com/google/brotli/releases/tag/v1.0.9CVE reference, Google · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2020-22d278923aCVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- USN-4568-1CVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- FEDORA-2020-c663fbc46cCVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-e21bd401adCVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-bc9a739f0cCVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-9336b65f82CVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-c76a35b209CVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201201 [SECURITY] [DLA 2476-1] brotli security updateCVE reference, Google · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-4801CVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- FEDORA-2022-9e046f579aCVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-5ecee47acbCVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2022-d28042f559CVE reference, Google · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
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Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency
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