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MFSA2016-19 Firefox: Linux video memory DOS with Intel drivers (CVE-2016-1956)

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MFSA2016-19 Firefox: Linux video memory DOS with Intel drivers (CVE-2016-1956)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/10/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-45_0

References

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