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CVE-2016-1956

Publication date 8 March 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 45.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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