Use After Free Affecting nss-devel package, versions <0:3.15.4-7.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.39% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NSSDEVEL-7995248
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed22 Jul 2014

Introduced: 22 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-1544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 nss-devel to version 0:3.15.4-7.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0916.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-devel package and not the nss-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.

CVSS Scores

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