CVE-2016-1956
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-1956
To remediate CVE-2016-1956, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/firefox-esr—upgrade to 45.0esr-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-1956 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 45.0esr-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |