CVE-2016-1979

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Mozilla
Status
Firefox
Network Security Services
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 March 2016

Summary

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

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221
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http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbull...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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