CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5285

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 15, 2019 | Modified: Jan 09, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A Null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in Mozilla Network Security Services due to a missing NULL check in PK11_SignWithSymKey / ssl3_ComputeRecordMACConstantTime, which could let a remote malicious user cause a Denial of Service.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nss Mozilla * 3.26 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat nss-0:3.21.3-2.el5_11 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat nss-0:3.21.3-2.el6_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat nss-util-0:3.21.3-1.el6_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat nss-0:3.21.3-2.el7_3 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat nss-util-0:3.21.3-1.1.el7_3 *
Nss Ubuntu precise *
Nss Ubuntu trusty *
Nss Ubuntu upstream *
Nss Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Nss Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References