CVE-2016-1935 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1935?

CVE-2016-1935 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 31 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the BufferSubData function in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted WebGL content.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1935?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1935?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-1935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hxwg-8hr4-ch36, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1935.