What is CVE-2016-1956?

CVE-2016-1956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-1956?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1956 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2016-1956

Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 on Linux, when an Intel video driver is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or stack memory corruption) by triggering use of a WebGL shader.

Published 2016-03-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (84.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Mozilla Firefox
Novell SUSE Package Hub For Linux Enterprise — versions 12
openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

thdusdl1219/CVE-Study

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2917-1 (vendor-advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory)
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-19.html (Vendor Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 (vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1956?: CVE-2016-1956 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-1956?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1956 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.