Denial of Service Vulnerability in Mozilla NSS Affects Windows and Linux
CVE-2017-11697
7.8HIGH
What is CVE-2017-11697?
A vulnerability in the __hash_open function located in hash.c:229 of Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) allows attackers to trigger a denial of service condition. By manipulating a cert8.db file, attackers can induce a floating point exception, leading to a crash of the NSS, affecting the availability of applications relying on this library.