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CVE-2017-5461
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…
Critical9.8EPSS 4.7%
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- mozilla
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
- Out-of-bounds write in Base64 encoding in NSS
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Mozilla · Thunderbird
- affected unspecified – < 52.1
Mozilla · Firefox ESR
- affected unspecified – < 45.9
- affected unspecified – < 52.1
Mozilla · Firefox
- affected unspecified – < 53
References (21)
- GLSA-201705-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 98050 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3872 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1038320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
Record last updated .