CVE-2016-9894: Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

CVE-2016-9894: A buffer overflow in SkiaGl caused when a GrGLBuffer is truncated during allocation.

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.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 6, 2024, 03:07 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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CVE-2016-9894 is a Firefox memory-safety flaw in the SkiaGL graphics path. A malformed allocation condition could let later writes overflow a graphics buffer, causing a crash that Mozilla described as potentially exploitable. The source bundle identifies Firefox versions before 50.1 as affected. Exposure is mainly legacy Firefox installations older than 50.1, including unmanaged endpoints, old VDI images, lab systems, kiosks, or bundled portable browser copies. Current supported Firefox deployments should not be affected based on the version boundary in the source bundle. Treat this as a legacy-browser cleanup item with high severity if old Firefox remains in use. The main business risk is unmanaged or forgotten systems browsing untrusted content with a memory-corruption flaw that Mozilla considered potentially exploitable. Mitigation focus: Upgrade any Firefox installation older than 50.1 to a supported current release.; Remove obsolete Firefox builds from endpoints, images, kiosks, and software repositories.; Check Mozilla MFSA2016-94 for vendor-specific remediation context..

Prepared: Jun 7, 2026, 06:44 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Jun 11, 2018, 21:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1306628CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM

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