CVE-2016-9894

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: before 50.1 — fixed in 50.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 50.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94883
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1306628
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94883
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1306628
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/

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