CVE-2016-1979

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-03-08
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in thePK11_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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.1
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)	ELSA-2016-0684	2016-04-25
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2016-0684	2016-04-25
Oracle Linux version 6 (nspr)	ELSA-2016-0591	2016-04-05
Oracle Linux version 6 (nss)	ELSA-2016-0591	2016-04-05
Oracle Linux version 6 (nss-util)	ELSA-2016-0591	2016-04-05
Oracle Linux version 7 (nspr)	ELSA-2016-0685	2016-04-25
Oracle Linux version 7 (nss)	ELSA-2016-0685	2016-04-25
Oracle Linux version 7 (nss-softokn)	ELSA-2016-0685	2016-04-25
Oracle Linux version 7 (nss-util)	ELSA-2016-0685	2016-04-25
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-2016-0042	2016-04-05
Oracle VM version 3.3 (nss)	OVMSA-2016-0042	2016-04-05
Oracle VM version 3.3 (nss-util)	OVMSA-2016-0042	2016-04-05
Oracle VM version 3.4 (nspr)	OVMSA-2016-0042	2016-04-05
Oracle VM version 3.4 (nss)	OVMSA-2016-0042	2016-04-05
Oracle VM version 3.4 (nss-util)	OVMSA-2016-0042	2016-04-05