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CVE-2016-1979

Published: Mar 13, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1979
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*44.0.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatnspr-0:4.11.0-1.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatnss-0:3.21.0-6.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatnspr-0:4.11.0-0.1.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatnss-0:3.21.0-0.3.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatnss-util-0:3.21.0-0.3.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatnspr-0:4.11.0-1.el7_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatnss-0:3.21.0-9.el7_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatnss-softokn-0:3.16.2.3-14.2.el7_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatnss-util-0:3.21.0-2.2.el7_2*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntutrusty*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
FirefoxUbuntuwily*
NssUbuntuupstream*
NssUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntutrusty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntuwily*
ThunderbirdUbuntuxenial*
ThunderbirdUbuntuyakkety*
ThunderbirdUbuntuzesty*

References

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