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CVE-2016-1956

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1956 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0 on Linux systems utilizing Intel video drivers. Remote attackers can trigger excessive memory consumption or stack memory corruption by inducing the use of a malicious WebGL shader. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 44.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_package_hub_for_suse_linux_enterprise:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0243 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-1956Moderate

Mozilla: Linux video memory DOS with Intel drivers (MFSA 2016-19)

Mar 8, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-06
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-19.html
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035215
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2917-3