CVE-2017-5461

CRITICAL

Mozilla Network Security Services < 3.21.4 - Out-of-bounds Write via Base64 Operations

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 69.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (5)
Mozilla/Firefox unspecified - 53
Mozilla/Firefox ESR unspecified - 45.9
Mozilla/Firefox ESR unspecified - 52.1
mozilla/network_security_services < 3.21.4
Mozilla/Thunderbird unspecified - 52.1
Published May 11, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026