Cryptographic Issues Affecting mozilla package, versions [,44.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2368865
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Jan 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-1938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 44.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues. The s_mp_div function in lib/freebl/mpi/mpi.c in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 44.0, improperly divides numbers, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging use of the (1) mp_div or (2) mp_exptmod function.

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