Denial of Service Vulnerability in Network Security Services by Mozilla
CVE-2019-17007

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Mozilla
Status
Nss
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 October 2020

What is CVE-2019-17007?

A vulnerability exists in Network Security Services (NSS) prior to version 3.44 that triggers a denial of service condition. Specifically, a malformed Netscape Certificate Sequence can lead to a crash of the NSS, disrupting normal operations and potentially affecting applications relying on this library.

Affected Version(s)

NSS < 3.44

References

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects...
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1533216
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https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-37980...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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