CVE-2017-5461 (GCVE-0-2017-5461)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-11 01:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:04
Severity ?
CWE
  • Out-of-bounds write in Base64 encoding in NSS
Summary
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.
References
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html x_refsource_MISC
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 52.1
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   Mozilla Firefox ESR Version: unspecified   < 45.9
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