CVE-2017-7502

Summary

CVECVE-2017-7502
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-30 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionNull pointer dereference vulnerability in NSS since 3.24.0 was found when server receives empty SSLv2 messages resulting into denial of service by remote attacker.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 CWE-476


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.24.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.25.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.25.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.26.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.26.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.27.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.27.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.27.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.28.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.28.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.28.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.28.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.29.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.29.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.29.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.29.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.30.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Network Security Services 3.30.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA NSS Project Nss affected since 3.24.0 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Network Security Services CVE-2017-7502 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Network Security Services (NSS) Null Pointer Dereference in ssl3_GatherData() Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
nss: changeset 13001:55ea60effd0d7c427f9b57a0bd43fb0fcbdae0e9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.mozilla.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3872-1 nss af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
CVE-2017-7502 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1446631 – CVE-2017-7502 nss: Null pointer dereference when handling empty SSLv2 messages MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378156 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for nss-tools (VZLSA-2017:1365)
  • 378292 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for nss-sysinit (VZLSA-2017:1364)

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