9.8crit

CVE-2017-5461

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.7%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect base64 operations.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR
  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness

References

  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201705-04 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/98050 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1103 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3831 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1100 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1102 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1101 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3872 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1038320 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oracle.com /technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oracle.com //security-alerts/cpujul2021.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • developer.mozilla.org /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • developer.mozilla.org /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • developer.mozilla.org /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • developer.mozilla.org /en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1344380 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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