CVE-2016-1956

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1956
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-03-13 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Novell Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise 12 All All All
Application Novell Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise 12 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2917-3: Firefox regressions | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2917-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0733-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof the Address Bar, Overwrite Files, and Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0731-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Linux video memory DOS with Intel drivers — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1769-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2917-2: Firefox regressions | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1778-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1767-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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