CVE-2017-5461

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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.

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00608

Schedule remediation

CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla network security services< 3.21.4
mozilla network security services> 3.22 and < 3.28.4
mozilla network security services>= 3.29 and < 3.29.5
mozilla network security services>= 3.30 and < 3.30.1

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Scoring & Timeline

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS v3.0 · security@mozilla.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD11 May 2017 · 01:29 AM

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

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:2235-1
usnUSN-3372-1
Show all 17 vendor advisoriessuse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:1669-1
usnUSN-3278-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2017:1268-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:1248-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:1175-1
usnUSN-3270-1
usnUSN-3260-1
rhsaRHSA-2017:1101Critical
rhsaRHSA-2017:1100Critical
rhsaRHSA-2017:1103Critical
rhsaRHSA-2017:1102Critical
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2017-10

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831Patch

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872Patch

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.htmlPatch

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Show all 17 references

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380Issue TrackingPermissions Required

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notesRelease NotesVendor Advisory

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notesRelease NotesVendor Advisory

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notesRelease NotesVendor Advisory

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notesRelease NotesVendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04Third Party Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461Vendor Advisory

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461Vendor Advisory

https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html

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