CVE-2017-5461

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5461
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-11 01:29:05 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 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

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-787 | Out-of-bounds write in Base64 encoding in NSS

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Network Security Services All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Mozilla Thunderbird affected unspecified 52.1 custom Not specified
CNA Mozilla Firefox ESR affected unspecified 45.9 custom Not specified
CNA Mozilla Firefox ESR affected unspecified 52.1 custom Not specified
CNA Mozilla Firefox affected unspecified 53 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.1 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS): Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201705-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof URLs, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, Deny Service, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3831-1 firefox-esr af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Patch
NSS 3.29.5 release notes - Mozilla | MDN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 53 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3872-1 nss af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
NSS 3.30.1 release notes - Mozilla | MDN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Network Security Services CVE-2017-5461 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch
NSS 3.21.4 release notes - Mozilla | MDN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 52.1 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
NSS 3.28.4 release notes - Mozilla | MDN af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 developer.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Patch
1344380 - (CVE-2017-5461) Write beyond bounds caused by bugs in Base64 de/encoding in nssb64d.c and nssb64e.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com Patch
Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 45.9 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org 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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