CVE-2017-5461

moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-11

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.92% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Mozilla

References (42)

Patch http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
Patch http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
Patch http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
Patch http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
Patch https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100
Patch https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101
Patch https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102
Patch https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380
Release Notes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release...
Release Notes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release...
Release Notes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release...
Release Notes https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461
Vendor Advisory https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461
and 22 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal