CVE-2012-0441

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    CVE-2012-0441

    Published: 5 Jun 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The ASN.1 decoder in the QuickDER decoder in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.13.4, as used in Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a zero-length item, as demonstrated by (1) a zero-length basic constraint or (2) a zero-length field in an OCSP response.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/49976, http://secunia.com/advisories/50316, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2490, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:088, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-39.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1540-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1540-2, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715073, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00012.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53798, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16701

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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