Resource Management Errors Affecting firefox package, versions <45.0-1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.3% (86th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FIREFOX-425561
- published 13 Mar 2016
- disclosed 13 Mar 2016
Introduced: 13 Mar 2016
CVE-2016-1956 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
firefox
to version 45.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox
package and not the firefox
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1956
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-19.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1199923
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1956
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-3