Out-of-bounds Write Affecting nss package, versions <2:3.26.2-1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.98% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-NSS-421258
  • published11 May 2017
  • disclosed11 May 2017

Introduced: 11 May 2017

CVE-2017-5461  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 nss to version 2:3.26.2-1.1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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