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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-1979

CVE-2016-1979

HIGH8.8

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3

Published Mar 13, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1979

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

8.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

8.8/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedMar 13, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2016-1979 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence