CVE-2017-5461

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5461
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-11 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-20 23:15:00 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.4, 3.22.x through 3.28.x before 3.28.4, 3.29.x before 3.29.5, and 3.30.x before 3.30.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect base64 operations.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Network Security Services All All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch
Mozilla Network Security Services CVE-2017-5461 Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof URLs, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, Deny Service, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Patch
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com
NSS 3.21.4 release notes - Mozilla | MDN CONFIRM developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Patch
Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201705-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
NSS 3.29.5 release notes - Mozilla | MDN CONFIRM developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.1 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3831-1 firefox-esr DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 45.9 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
NSS 3.28.4 release notes - Mozilla | MDN CONFIRM developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.1 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 53 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3872-1 nss DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
1344380 - (CVE-2017-5461) Write beyond bounds caused by bugs in Base64 de/encoding in nssb64d.c and nssb64e.c CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Patch
NSS 3.30.1 release notes - Mozilla | MDN CONFIRM developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378265 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for nss-util-devel (VZLSA-2017:1100)
  • 690289 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mozilla (5e0a038a-ca30-416d-a2f5-38cbf5e7df33)
  • 710287 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201802-03)
  • 710397 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201705-04)
  • 904930 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for openjdk8 (12401)
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