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CVE-2016-9894

Publication date 13 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

A buffer overflow in SkiaGl caused when a GrGLBuffer is truncated during allocation. Later writers will overflow the buffer, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 16.10 yakkety
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
thunderbird 16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3155-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 13 December 2016

Other references