Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and…

Description

Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.6, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates. NOTE: this identifier is for unpatched product versions that were originally intended to be addressed by CVE-2006-4340.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (53)

• ADV-2006-3748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 23883 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23235 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200612-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 23013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-246.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 22770 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• DSA-1225 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1017180 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 23009 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356215 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• TA06-312A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• DSA-1227 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 22980 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0293 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0733 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 24711 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23263 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22763 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22965 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-382-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0735 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1017181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• GLSA-200612-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• ADV-2007-1198 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 23297 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22727 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0734 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• VU#335392 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• SSRT061181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• mozilla-nss-security-bypass(30098) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 22737 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200612-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10478 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 23197 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 22066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-66.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 22817 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 22722 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 102781 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-60.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1017182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:205 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 23287 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-381-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 19:48 UTC.