Out-of-bounds Write Affecting nss package, versions [,3.21.4)(3.22,3.28.4)[3.29,3.29.5)[3.30,3.30.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.98% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NSS-2384906
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 May 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade nss to version 3.21.4, 3.28.4, 3.29.5, 3.30.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1