CVE-2016-9894

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	>= unspecified, < 50.1

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94883Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1306628Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94883Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1306628Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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