CVE-2016-1982
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.0.24-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.0.24-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.0.24-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.0.24-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.0.24-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| privoxy | privoxy | {"endIncluding":"3.0.23"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1982.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176475.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176492.html
- 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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1982
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.