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CVE-2017-5461 (GCVE-0-2017-5461)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-11 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:04

Summary

Mozilla 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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

CWE

Out-of-bounds write in Base64 encoding in NSS

Assigner

mozilla CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 546 records in the last 180 days details

References

21 references

URL	Tags
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html	x_refsource_MISC
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Mozilla	Thunderbird	Affected: unspecified , < 52.1 (custom)	guessed
Mozilla	Firefox ESR	Affected: unspecified , < 45.9 (custom) Affected: unspecified , < 52.1 (custom)	guessed
Mozilla	Firefox	Affected: unspecified , < 53 (custom)	guessed

Date Public

2017-05-10 00:00

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}

SUSE-SU-2017:2235-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2017-08-22 13:32 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:30

Summary

Security update for MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED, firefox-gcc5, mozilla-nss

Severity

Important

Scope

51 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2017-5461.

CVE-2017-5461

9.8 (Critical)


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

Recommended: 210 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5461 (CVE-2017-5461)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2017-04-20 00:00 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website

Details

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5461	REPORT
	https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3260-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3270-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3278-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3372-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5461	REPORT

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CVE-2017-5461 (GCVE-0-2017-5461)

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