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CVE-2016-5285

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 15, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5285
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

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

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
NssMozilla*3.26 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatnss-0:3.21.3-2.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatnss-0:3.21.3-2.el6_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatnss-util-0:3.21.3-1.el6_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatnss-0:3.21.3-2.el7_3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatnss-util-0:3.21.3-1.1.el7_3*
NssUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
NssUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
NssUbuntuprecise*
NssUbuntutrusty*
NssUbuntutrusty/esm*
NssUbuntuupstream*
NssUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
NssUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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