Medium severity · published Mar 13, 2016
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…
6.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 44.0.2 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
SP
Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise · Novell
12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1956
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1956
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-19.html
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