Out-of-bounds Read Affecting nss package, versions [,3.55)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NSS-2384882
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 May 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 May 2021

CVE-2020-12403  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nss to version 3.55 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. A flaw was found in the way CHACHA20-POLY1305 was implemented in NSS in versions before 3.55. When using multi-part Chacha20, it could cause out-of-bounds reads. This issue was fixed by explicitly disabling multi-part ChaCha20 (which was not functioning correctly) and strictly enforcing tag length. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and system availability.

CVSS Scores

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