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CVE-2016-2824

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2824 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the TSymbolTableLevel class of ANGLE, affecting Mozilla Firefox before version 47.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.2 on Windows. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by enticing a user to visit a malicious website utilizing a specially crafted WebGL shader. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable, and community discussion is minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
45.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
45.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:45.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0172 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00055.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
mozilla.org / security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-53.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91075
securitytracker.com / id/1036057