CVE-2016-1944 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer9 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
2.8%
top 13.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxOpensuse LeapOpensuse
Timeline
PublishedJan 31
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The Buffer11::NativeBuffer11::map function in ANGLE, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 44.0.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox43.0.4
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse13.1, 13.2+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-gwj9-96vr-3q8g: The Buffer11::NativeBuffer11::map function in ANGLE, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox regression↗2016-02-08
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-01-27
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OSV
CVE-2016-1944: The Buffer11::NativeBuffer11::map function in ANGLE, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44↗2016-01-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2016-02-08
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2016-01-27
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Unsafe memory manipulation found through code inspection (MFSA 2016-10)↗2016-01-26
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1944 CVE-2016-1945 CVE-2016-1946 Mozilla: Unsafe memory manipulation found through code inspection (MFSA 2016-10)↗2016-01-26
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CVE-2016-1944 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase