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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-1956 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected |
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