FKIE_CVE-2017-5461
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-11 01:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:20
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | network_security_services | * | |
| mozilla | network_security_services | * | |
| mozilla | network_security_services | * | |
| mozilla | network_security_services | * |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:20:32.440",
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