CVE-2016-1979
Published on: 03/13/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:05 PM UTC
Certain versions of Firefox from Mozilla contain the following vulnerability:
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.
- CVE-2016-1979 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 8.8 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE | REQUIRED | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
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UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 6.8 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | PARTIAL | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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Broadcom Support Portal | bto.bluecoat.com text/html |
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[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0909-1: important: Security update for | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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Use-after-free during processing of DER encoded keys in NSS — Mozilla | Vendor Advisory www.mozilla.org text/html |
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1185033 – (CVE-2016-1979) ASan: use-after-poison in PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey() | bugzilla.mozilla.org text/html |
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Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-06) — Gentoo security | security.gentoo.org text/html |
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NSS 3.21.1 release notes - Mozilla | MDN | developer.mozilla.org text/html |
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Red Hat Customer Portal | web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0733-1: important: Security update | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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USN-2973-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com text/html |
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[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0820-1: important: Security update for | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof the Address Bar, Overwrite Files, and Deny Service - SecurityTracker | www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3576-1 icedove | www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html |
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3688-1 nss | www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html |
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Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 | www.oracle.com text/html |
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Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 | web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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Red Hat Customer Portal | web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0731-1: important: Security update | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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Red Hat Customer Portal | web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0777-1: important: Security update for | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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Mozilla Network Security Services Use After Free CVE-2016-1979 Denial of Service Vulnerability | cve.report (archive) text/html |
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Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017 | www.oracle.com text/html |
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Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 | www.oracle.com text/html |
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[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0727-1: important: Security update for | lists.opensuse.org text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
Application | Mozilla | Network Security Services | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE