CVE-2016-1950

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1950
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-03-13 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-27 16:08:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.19.2.3 and 3.20.x and 3.21.x before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ASN.1 data in an X.509 certificate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Iphone Os All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Tvos All All All All
Operating System Apple Watchos All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.6.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.19.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.20.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.21 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.19.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.20.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.21 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Application Oracle Glassfish Server 2.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Glassfish Server 2.1.1 All All All
Application Oracle Iplanet Web Proxy Server 4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Iplanet Web Proxy Server 4.0 All All All
Application Oracle Iplanet Web Server 7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Iplanet Web Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Vm Server 3.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Vm Server 3.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2 watchOS 2.2 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List
USN-2917-3: Firefox regressions | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5 OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3520-1 icedove DEBIAN www.debian.org
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3 tvOS 9.2 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List
USN-2934-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2917-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3510-1 iceweasel DEBIAN www.debian.org
Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0733-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
About the security content of watchOS 2.2 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of iOS 9.3 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0820-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1557-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof the Address Bar, Overwrite Files, and Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3688-1 nss DEBIAN www.debian.org
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
NSS 3.19.2.3 release notes - Mozilla | MDN CONFIRM developer.mozilla.org Release Notes
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0731-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1 iOS 9.3 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List
Buffer overflow during ASN.1 decoding in NSS — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
USN-2917-2: Firefox regressions | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-2924-1: NSS vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
NSS 3.21.1 release notes - Mozilla | MDN CONFIRM developer.mozilla.org Release Notes
About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Broadcom Support Portal CONFIRM bto.bluecoat.com
About the security content of tvOS 9.2 - Apple Support CONFIRM support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Mozilla Network Security Services CVE-2016-1950 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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