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High severity · published Mar 13, 2016
CVE-2016-1979
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…
8.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 44.0.2 · source: NVD
NS
Network Security Services · Mozilla
through 3.21 · source: NVD
Affected product
FI
Firefox
Mozilla
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1979
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1979
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html
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