CVE-2015-7182

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-11-03
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ASN.1 decoder in Mozilla NetworkSecurity Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.1 and 3.20.x before 3.20.1, as used in Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted OCTET STRING data.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)	ELSA-2015-1980	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2015-1980	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (nspr)	ELSA-2015-1981	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (nss)	ELSA-2015-1981	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 6 (nss-util)	ELSA-2015-1981	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (nspr)	ELSA-2015-1981	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (nss)	ELSA-2015-1981	2015-11-04
Oracle Linux version 7 (nss-util)	ELSA-2015-1981	2015-11-04
Oracle VM version 3.2 (nspr)	OVMSA-2016-0065	2016-06-20
Oracle VM version 3.2 (nss)	OVMSA-2016-0066	2016-06-20
Oracle VM version 3.3 (nspr)	OVMSA-2015-0145	2015-11-05
Oracle VM version 3.3 (nss)	OVMSA-2015-0145	2015-11-05
Oracle VM version 3.3 (nss-util)	OVMSA-2015-0145	2015-11-05
Oracle VM version 3.4 (nspr)	OVMSA-2015-0145	2015-11-05
Oracle VM version 3.4 (nss-util)	OVMSA-2015-0145	2015-11-05