Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-1956
CVE-2016-1956
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=44.0.2
- (no CPE)range: <45.0
- cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.2-6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-19.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.htmlnvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06nvd
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