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    CVE-2016-1956

    Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Linux, when an Intel video driver is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or stack memory corruption) by triggering use of a WebGL shader.

    Published:Mar 8, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 13, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.00896
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Novell
    Product
    Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-19.html
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199923
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-19.html
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199923
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High