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high 7.5

CVE-2016-9894 json

A buffer overflow in SkiaGl caused when a GrGLBuffer is truncated during allocation.

published 2018-06-11 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10683

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Mozilla Firefox 50.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 50.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9894

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

  • firefox Arch Linux 50.1.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-106

Exploit prediction

4.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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