CVE-2016-1979

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

8.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.89% Top 30%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa124
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84221	vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3688	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3576	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185033
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0684.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00068.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0685.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00029.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00027.html	vendor advisory
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.1_release_notes
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-36.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2973-1	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0591.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00093.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00031.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00050.html	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1979?: CVE-2016-1979 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1979?: To fix CVE-2016-1979, 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-2016-1979 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1979 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.