Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting nss package, versions <2:3.35-2ubuntu2.15
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.16% (52nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-NSS-2941994
- published 6 Jul 2022
- disclosed 22 Dec 2022
Introduced: 6 Jul 2022
CVE-2022-34480 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04
nss
to version 2:3.35-2ubuntu2.15 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss
package and not the nss
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:18.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
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