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Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2016-1979

Assigner Org ID-f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe

Published At-13 Mar, 2016 | 18:00

Updated At-05 Aug, 2024 | 23:17

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

EPSS History

Score

Latest Score

N/A

Percentile

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▼Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)

cve.org

Assigner:mozilla

Assigner Org ID:f16b083a-5664-49f3-a51e-8d479e5ed7fe

Published At:13 Mar, 2016 | 18:00

Updated At:05 Aug, 2024 | 23:17

▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Affected Products

Vendor

n/a

Product

n/a

Versions

Affected

Problem Types

Type	CWE ID	Description
text	N/A	n/a

Type: text

CWE ID: N/A

Description: n/a

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO

Hyperlink: https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

Hyperlink: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)

CVE Program Container

References

Hyperlink	Resource
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221	vdb-entry x_refsource_BID x_transferred
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576	vendor-advisory x_refsource_DEBIAN x_transferred
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes	x_refsource_MISC x_transferred
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1	vendor-advisory x_refsource_UBUNTU x_transferred
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_REDHAT x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215	vdb-entry x_refsource_SECTRACK x_transferred
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html	vendor-advisory x_refsource_SUSE x_transferred
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes

Resource:

x_refsource_MISC

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_UBUNTU

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215

Resource:

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_SUSE

x_transferred

Hyperlink: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

Resource:

x_refsource_CONFIRM

x_transferred

Hyperlink: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Resource:

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_GENTOO

x_transferred

▼National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

nvd.nist.gov

Source:security@mozilla.org

Published At:13 Mar, 2016 | 18:59

Updated At:12 Apr, 2025 | 10:46

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	8.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Type: Primary

Version: 3.0

Base score: 8.8

Base severity: HIGH

Vector:

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

Type: Primary

Version: 2.0

Base score: 6.8

Base severity: MEDIUM

Vector:

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

CPE Matches

Mozilla Corporation

>>firefox>>Versions up to 44.0.2(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mozilla Corporation

>>network_security_services>>Versions up to 3.21(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

CWE ID: NVD-CWE-Other

Type: Primary

Source: nvd@nist.gov

Evaluator Description

CWE-416: Use After Free