CVE-2017-5461
Critical
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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect base64 operations.
Exploit probability
4.7%
Published
May 11, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-5461
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3831
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3872
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98050
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1101
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1102
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1103
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344380
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.21.4_release_notes
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.28.4_release_notes
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.29.5_release_notes
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/NSS_3.30.1_release_notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-04
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/#CVE-2017-5461
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html