CVE-2016-1979

HIGH

Mozilla NSS <3.21.1 - Use After Free

Title source: llm

Description

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 (23)

Core 23

Core References

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

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

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0071

EPSS Percentile 72.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

Status published

Products (2)

mozilla/firefox < 44.0.2

mozilla/network_security_services < 3.21

Published Mar 13, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026