CVE-2013-1739

Description

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.2 does not ensure that data structures are initialized before read operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger a decryption failure.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.65% Top 20%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012656
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.15.2_release_notes	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2790	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=894370
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-19.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2030-1	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-93.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19254	vdb entry signature
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1791.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00014.html	vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23	mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00013.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62966	vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1829.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00016.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1739?: CVE-2013-1739 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1739?: To fix CVE-2013-1739, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-1739 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-1739 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.