CVE-2016-9897

Memory corruption resulting in a potentially exploitable crash during WebGL functions using a vector constructor with a varying array within libGLES. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

• CWE-119

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1301381Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2946.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94885Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037461Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1301381Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3757Third Party Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-94/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-95/Vendor Advisory
• https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2016-96/Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 11, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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