CVE-2017-5461

critical

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

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

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

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

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

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04

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

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

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

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

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-11

Updated: 2021-07-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical