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.
Published: 2016-03-13
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-3045 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2917-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Mozilla Firefox
Novell Suse Package Hub For Suse Linux Enterprise
Opensuse Leap Opensuse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:40.252Z

Reserved: 2016-01-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1956

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Status : Modified

Published: 2016-03-13T18:59:05.957

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1956

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1956 - Bugzilla

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