GSD-2017-5461

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2017-5461
To clipboard 

{
  "GSD": {
    "alias": "CVE-2017-5461",
    "description": "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.",
    "id": "GSD-2017-5461",
    "references": [
      "https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5461.html",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872",
      "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101",
      "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100",
      "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5461",
      "https://advisories.mageia.org/CVE-2017-5461.html",
      "https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5461",
      "https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2017-5461.html",
      "https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-5461.html"
    ]
  },
  "gsd": {
    "metadata": {
      "exploitCode": "unknown",
      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
      "type": "vulnerability"
    },
    "osvSchema": {
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-5461"
      ],
      "details": "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.",
      "id": "GSD-2017-5461",
      "modified": "2023-12-13T01:21:13.433984Z",
      "schema_version": "1.4.0"
    }
  },
  "namespaces": {
    "cve.org": {
      "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@mozilla.org",
        "ID": "CVE-2017-5461",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
      },
      "affects": {
        "vendor": {
          "vendor_data": [
            {
              "product": {
                "product_data": [
                  {
                    "product_name": "Thunderbird",
                    "version": {
                      "version_data": [
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "52.1"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "product_name": "Firefox ESR",
                    "version": {
                      "version_data": [
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "45.9"
                        },
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "52.1"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "product_name": "Firefox",
                    "version": {
                      "version_data": [
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "53"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  }
                ]
              },
              "vendor_name": "Mozilla"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "data_format": "MITRE",
      "data_type": "CVE",
      "data_version": "4.0",
      "description": {
        "description_data": [
          {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "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."
          }
        ]
      },
      "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Out-of-bounds write in Base64 encoding in NSS"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "references": {
        "reference_data": [
          {
            "name": "GLSA-201705-04",
            "refsource": "GENTOO",
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04"
          },
          {
            "name": "98050",
            "refsource": "BID",
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1103",
            "refsource": "REDHAT",
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-3831",
            "refsource": "DEBIAN",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1100",
            "refsource": "REDHAT",
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1102",
            "refsource": "REDHAT",
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2017:1101",
            "refsource": "REDHAT",
            "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-3872",
            "refsource": "DEBIAN",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872"
          },
          {
            "name": "1038320",
            "refsource": "SECTRACK",
            "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320"
          },
          {
            "name": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html",
            "refsource": "MISC",
            "url": "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "mozilla.org": {
      "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@mozilla.org",
        "ID": "CVE-2017-5461"
      },
      "affects": {
        "vendor": {
          "vendor_data": [
            {
              "product": {
                "product_data": [
                  {
                    "product_name": "Thunderbird",
                    "version": {
                      "version_data": [
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "52.1"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "product_name": "Firefox",
                    "version": {
                      "version_data": [
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "53"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  },
                  {
                    "product_name": "Firefox ESR",
                    "version": {
                      "version_data": [
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "52.1"
                        },
                        {
                          "version_affected": "\u003c",
                          "version_value": "45.9"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  }
                ]
              },
              "vendor_name": "Mozilla"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "data_format": "MITRE",
      "data_type": "CVE",
      "data_version": "4.0",
      "description": {
        "description_data": [
          {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "An out-of-bounds write during Base64 decoding operation in the Network Security Services (NSS) library due to insufficient memory being allocated to the buffer. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. The NSS library has been updated to fix this issue to address this issue and Firefox ESR 52.1 has been updated with NSS version 3.28.4. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird \u003c 52.1, Firefox \u003c 53, Firefox ESR \u003c 52.1, and Firefox ESR \u003c 45.9."
          }
        ]
      },
      "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "Out-of-bounds write in Base64 encoding in NSS"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "references": {
        "reference_data": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "nvd.nist.gov": {
      "configurations": {
        "CVE_data_version": "4.0",
        "nodes": [
          {
            "children": [],
            "cpe_match": [
              {
                "cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe_name": [],
                "versionEndExcluding": "3.21.4",
                "vulnerable": true
              },
              {
                "cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe_name": [],
                "versionEndExcluding": "3.29.5",
                "versionStartIncluding": "3.29",
                "vulnerable": true
              },
              {
                "cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe_name": [],
                "versionEndExcluding": "3.30.1",
                "versionStartIncluding": "3.30",
                "vulnerable": true
              },
              {
                "cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe_name": [],
                "versionEndExcluding": "3.28.4",
                "versionStartExcluding": "3.22",
                "vulnerable": true
              }
            ],
            "operator": "OR"
          }
        ]
      },
      "cve": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "security@mozilla.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2017-5461"
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "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."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "en",
                  "value": "CWE-787"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Release Notes",
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Release Notes",
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Release Notes",
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Release Notes",
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Issue Tracking",
                "Permissions Required"
              ],
              "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380"
            },
            {
              "name": "98050",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "tags": [
                "Third Party Advisory",
                "VDB Entry"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050"
            },
            {
              "name": "GLSA-201705-04",
              "refsource": "GENTOO",
              "tags": [
                "Third Party Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04"
            },
            {
              "name": "1038320",
              "refsource": "SECTRACK",
              "tags": [
                "Third Party Advisory",
                "VDB Entry"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-3872",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-3831",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1103",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1102",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1101",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101"
            },
            {
              "name": "RHSA-2017:1100",
              "refsource": "REDHAT",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Patch"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "N/A",
              "refsource": "N/A",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "impact": {
        "baseMetricV2": {
          "cvssV2": {
            "accessComplexity": "LOW",
            "accessVector": "NETWORK",
            "authentication": "NONE",
            "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
            "baseScore": 7.5,
            "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
            "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
          "impactScore": 6.4,
          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
          "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
          "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
          "severity": "HIGH",
          "userInteractionRequired": false
        },
        "baseMetricV3": {
          "cvssV3": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 9.8,
            "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
          "impactScore": 5.9
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2021-07-20T23:15Z",
      "publishedDate": "2017-05-11T01:29Z"
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Drag nodes to arrange them. Double-click a related vulnerability to open it, or a source to visit its link. The Physics button on the left tunes the layout and the simulation; the legend at the bottom left hides or shows nodes by kind and by sighting type.

Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

JSON

Loading timeline…




    Related by attack behaviour

    Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.